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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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This is one of the most honest, funny, and downright heartbreaking memoirs I’ve ever read. I couldn’t stop reading it once I started. I think it’s the way McCurdy writes her experiences as moments of present tense rather than reflections that made this even more distressing to read. I recommend reading this with caution as it is an important but difficult book to read. I do still, though, recommend it. Support an individual who is finally able to be themselves apart from their fame. Support a young woman who deserves all the happiness that she was not afforded in her childhood. Lastly, support a writer who I hope writes more and more because she is incredibly talented. 

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I wrote a long review but the app crashed so

Listening felt like it definitely would help things be interpreted better, especially the naivety when she was young, and the dismissive denial after her mother's death. I loved her dry wit and it helped me get through some parts - this is definitely something you should only read when you're in the right mental space. I had to stop listening a couple of times as I got uncomfortable, which is also a testament to her writing

Oh I'm so mad for her that they didn't let her direct/produce and episode because she obviously has a talent for it.


I almost need a list of events just to process my feelings about everything that happened because there was so much that it is easy to forget some.

I'm glad she got an ethical therapist and she's able to name what her mum did to her


I have lots of questions, mainly because the book ended so abruptly. What's her career now? Is she even working? What's she looking forward to? What does she like, what are her hobbies?
Did her and her bio father talk again? Does she still talk to her dad? What do her brother's think about their bio father? Do they know?
Where does she live now?

I suppose she's left lots of things to ask in interviews but the book did end quite abruptly, especially since she explained most things in detail. It feels like she wrote howshe normally did and then didn't feel comfortable sharing so cut a couple of chapters out. We do get a bit of reflection but I would've liked it to end with her "now", not just what her mum did,
as just like with the scales, her mum's actions don't define her.


I would recommend this

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I have never read a more raw book. Mccurdy has this incredible way of just flaying herself open. Her book shows her amazing depth of thought, intelligence and humour. 

Somehow she made me laugh in this absolutely horrifying story. 

I hope to see more from her as a writer if that is what she wants. If not, I am so grateful we have this book. 

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Interesting look into a child star. Choppy writing and very short chapters. Wasn’t bored, wasn’t enthralled. After finishing, I just felt neutral hence the 3 star review

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McCurdy's story is honest, gripping, and terribly sad, yet she tells it in a way that's compelling, interesting, and often funny. This book is full of vulnerability and does an excellent job of conveying the experience of abuse and psychological disorders. I wish I could read it for the first time again and again.

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