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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Jennette talks about the abuse she suffered and how she became the main bread winner for the whole family, when she is coerced by her mother to become a child actress. As a result of this she is also encouraged by her own mother to develop an eating disorder to help her look smaller, so she can look like a child for as long as possible. And that is not even the half of the ordeals her mother puts her through.
Jennette loves her mother and does everything she can to make her mother happy, to the point that she does not allow herself to be happy and live the life she wants for herself.
I never felt like Jennette was looking for sympathy when reading this book. This is a book about overcoming the abuse she suffered from her mother and coming out the other side and finally being able to live the life she wants without any interference or judgement. I think she is so brave to have written this. We tend to put our mothers on a pedestal, even though they are only human and make mistakes like the rest of us. She makes no excuses for her mother and I found it refreshing.
Some issues at Nickelodeon are also discussed, but they are by no means the main focus of the book.
This is an emotional read, but truly worth it. I would highly recommend the audiobook which is narrated by the author.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Dysphoria
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness
Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Alcohol
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Racism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent
In short, it's a rating on my personal experience reading rather than the book itself; should probably revisit in the future when I'm at a different place in life.
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria
Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis