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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1 review

sumsi's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This wasn't an easy book for me to approach, as many of the situations Jeanette describes ring true from past personal experiences. Reading this was, in many ways, an attempt at a therapy session for myself. Jeanette describes in just the right amount of words her experience growing up in a deeply dysfunctional family with a horribly abusive mother. She does not mince words in condemning what needs to be condemned, and it is that brutal honesty that produces a gem of a book. It is funny in the way that only people who've gone through similar trauma can appreciate, and it is vindicating to read to the end and realize that what counts at the end is that she is still here, still living, and determined to make her life hers and hers alone. 

If you decide to approach this book make sure to take your time, find someone to talk about it with, and take breaks as needed. May this be the push for many to start their own path of healing and the self-determined, happy life they deserve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Self harm

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Misogyny