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Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Dysphoria
Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Stalking
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
We all hope for a look inside the world of our favorite stars, especially those we grow up with. Many of us who are granted with this wish find ourselves shying away from the harsh reality. McCurdy’s vulnerability invites us into a world most are afraid to stare in the face. Not only plagued with the responsibility of fame at a young age, McCurdy recounts carrying the weight of her mother’s emotional well-being on her shoulders. With each chapter, I felt like I was growing up with her, growing wiser each year and near the end I was relieved to find the clarity that can only come when the distraction of a bad situation is no longer in your life. McCurdy does not back down from the reality and difficulty of healing, admitting that the wounds she suffered will stay with her for life; but that doesn’t mean they have to continue to define her.
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Gaslighting
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse
Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Anyway, it’s much better than the last (and only other) memoir I read, which I DNFd because it was terrible. So this is a big step up! And it makes me want to read other memoirs, so I think I’ll do Viola Davis’s next.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Stalking
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Death of parent
Minor: Stalking
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry
Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Stalking
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Read if you enjoy straightforward memoirs and harrowing stories of the reality of child stardom.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Vomit
Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Grief, Sexual harassment
Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking