I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Genre ~ memoir

Release date ~ August 9, 2022

POV ~ single ~ 1st

Page count ~ 319

Audio length ~ 6 hours 50 minutes

My review:

I had no clue who Jennette was, but I hopped on the hyped up train and I couldn’t wait to get off.

It’s a heartbreaking story for sure and I’m glad her mom died too. If you read it then you’ll understand that comment. She’s a narcissist to the maximum.

I don’t read many memoirs, but are they all written like real time? or did she begin writing this book when she was 6? How else could she remember everything that happened word for word? Kinda takes some of the truthfulness out of it for me. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think she’s lying at all, but I don’t know 🤷

This is a very highly rated book, currently 4.7 on goodreads, 4.8 and #1 on Amazon for all 4 weeks it’s been out, a #1 NY Times bestseller and a #1 International bestseller.

So many trigger warnings ~ child abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, manipulation, grooming, fat shaming, slut shaming, anorexia, bulimia, purging, alcoholism, drug abuse, cancer, mental illness, schizophrenia

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Book blurb:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.

Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.