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Génial, Ma Mère Est Morte ! by Jennette McCurdy

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So powerfully vulnerable and honest with no sense of self-aggrandizement. What a pleasure to read a memoir and bear witness to such development and revelation. I wish the author all the best.

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“Moms are saints, angels by merely existing. NO ONE could possibly understand what it's like to be a mom. Men will never understand. Women with no children will never understand. No one but moms know the hardship of motherhood, and we non-moms must heap nothing but praise upon moms because we lowly, pitiful non-moms are mere peasants compared to the goddesses we call mothers”

I don’t think you need to have watched Nickelodeon as a child to understand just how devastating this book is. Fame from a young age might not have to go hand-in-hand with trauma… but this time it does.
I can’t imagine encouraging your child (at any age, let alone pre-puberty!) into an eating disorder. To force your dreams on them so any time something doesn’t go right, they fear you’re going to die. To call them a slut in one breath and ask for money in the next.
It’s hard to sit back and read everything that happens, knowing the consequences it will undoubtedly have on Jennette. But at least you can know there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, you can know she’s seeking help in real time.
I listened to the audiobook, which is narrated by the author herself. It was a really insightful read.

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“I was conditioned to believe any boundary I wanted was a betrayal of her.”

Jennette McCurdy bares it all in this raw and emotional memoir. Readers get an inside look at the dark side of becoming a child actor, particularly when a parent is its driving force. 
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This. book. was. 🤯. 

What I love most about this book is how Jennette writes it from the perspective she was feeling in the moment rather than hindsight. This gives the reader a true sense of what it’s like to experience abuse from a parent without the maturity to understand that’s what it is. 

This book tells a really important story about the hardships of reclaiming ownership of your life, but please read trigger warnings before picking this one up. The latter half of the book contains graphic detail of Jennette’s struggle with bulimia which can be really difficult to get through.

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Harrowing, heartbreaking, witty and hilarious... This is one strong lady and wow, what a story.

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whitneyrobson's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 47%

It was really sad and depressing. I wasn’t in a place to keep reading it. 

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