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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy is a stunning celebrity memoir that really shows what she went through. I personally dislike celebrity memoirs most of the time, because they never really have anything to talk about, and when they do, they never really do it well (apart from a few exceptions). This is not the case with I'm Glad My Mom Died. This memoir is packed with so much information and it is an absolute page turner!

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 I have no words to describe this book and how it made me feel.
It was such a raw and emotional book where you can really feel how Jennette must've felt during those periods in her life.
The book was easy to read (writingstyle-wise), I couldn't put it down. Even during the more emotional passages.
I really recommend everybody who loved the shows she's been in as a child to read this book. It changes the perspective of everything you thought you knew and loved.

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"so much of my life has felt so out of my control for so long. and i'm done with that being my reality."

i usually do not like memoirs— much less autobiographies. i never quite knew why. maybe it has something to do with breaking the shiny surfaces of the people you think you know and finally seeing them for what it is. most memoirs, in my opinion, only do this for the sake of pushing political messages or making you seem more real. part of what this biography asks you to do is ask yourself: are you ready to learn the cost of life? mccurdy examines the quintessential aspects of reality and challenges what it truly means to live in a world where you are merely just alive. what i take away most from this book is its rawness and transparency. while heavy at many moments, it was enlightening and did a phenomenal job at bringing you in. when jennette was confused, we were confused. her hopes, her fears, her struggles, we felt all of it alongside her. in some ways, one could read this as her inviting you in— stepping into her life and seeing just a glimpse of what it takes to live by someone else's standards. all for the sake of the 'American dream' nonetheless. a truly inspiring and heavy book that gives you insight into the true difficulties of the industry for child actors, since i am sure jennette was not the only one who felt these same experiences. as someone who watched icarly and then jennette's podcast where she spoke out on these issues, i could not be happier to see that she finally— after so long— has found a voice. and found it in something that's memorializing and beautiful nonetheless. as i said, this book does get very heavy (more than i imagined), so please check the content warnings before you read it and it's okay to take breaks while reading.

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