WASTED-Reading Response

The book wasted by Marya Hornbacher is a memoir about the struggles of a teenage girl/young adult. Many kids struggle with the problems that Marya has (drugs, not eating, sex at a young age, etc.), or more create these issues in their lives. But, the only reason it ever gets too far is because the people who you need aren't there fully or at all. Marya had friends and family left and right there to help her with ANYTHING. But, the only people she really needed were her parents.

I believe her parents truly wanted to help her and wanted the best for her. But, that wasn't good enough. She needed her parents to reach out and grab her and never let go, no matte how many times she pushed them away. When instead, they had too many of their own problems to fully focus on Marya. Marya's mother had always had her own eating problems and fear of commitment with her dad, so she used Marya (with no intention to hurt her) to stabilize herself. And her Dad was always afraid that Marya's mom would leave him, so he often left for a period of time, then came back only to cling on to Marya. Her parents stacked their problems on her, depended on her way too much, and used her for their own good. Parents make mistakes, but when they realize it they need to fix it. I think that Marya's parents thought it was too late, even though if that person is still that person it is never too late. But then they put her in therapy and later the hospital. When all she needed was support from her parents and to talk to them and for them to understand.


Lora was a girl Marya roomed with in boarding school. But more importantly shew as a girl who risked everything to help Marya. She literally risked her whole friendship. And it did, unfortunately, end. Because like i said before, it didn't matter who tried to help Marya she never got what she needed. Because to her nothing would matter or help unless it was her mom and dad.

One of the lessons in this book is that when someone you love is hurting you need to drop everything fort them and do anything for them to get better from what ever in dragging them down. And if they need someone else who is not giving them the attention, you still need to drop everything and try to get their attention.