A review by jennboyack_scott
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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5.0

As someone who has her own fair share of 'mammy issues', this book hit me and held me in all of the best ways. There's a line toward the end of the book, where Janette summarises how

missing her mother is still possible, despite everything that happened by saying "[a]nd finally, the grief that surfaces now when I miss her and start to cry because I do still miss her, and start to cry."

and that has stayed with me since I read it. This book is impactful, informative and gut wrenching. I will absolutely recommend this to anyone, as long as they are prepared for the detailed discussions of trauma and abuse that Janette dealt with.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment