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Estou feliz que minha mãe morreu by Jennette McCurdy

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“We all crack up around her, harder than we would have if she wasn’t dying. There’s something about these life-or-death moments that just beg for some levity. They’re too difficult otherwise. Too excruciating.”

That quote from the book perfectly sums up the book. This books is some amazingly weird combination of traumatic, depressing, and hilarious. It is so well written and so emotional that I can’t even say anything more eloquent about it other than that it was perfect.

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I really really enjoyed hearing about Jenettes life told through her words and her own voice. Her level of honestly and vulnerability through this process much have been so hard but I hope very healing for her. 

Please PLEASE be mindful of intense trigger warnings for the eating disorder content and discussion. There are specific ed methods talked about, weight mentions, and incredibly in depth perspectives that Jenette shares with us that can be very triggering. 

Very well done.

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My jaw was on the floor the entire time. As someone who grew up watching children's sitcoms, this memoir really opened my eyes to the seedy horrors of the industry. Not to mention the abusive and manipulative mother Jennette had! I still am in shock at how a mother encourages her daughter's eating disorder...

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I don't know how to begin this review. Maybe I'll come back to it some day, but I read McCurdy's story in one sitting. Her voice is shining, her honesty unflinching, her pain unshielded and her humor cuts like a knife. Wildly important and deeply resonant for anyone struggling with OCD, eating disorders, and the pain of an abusive childhood that forced you to grow up too soon, and deeply educational for those who do not.  

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