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

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Given the title and the cover, I thought it would be a vindictive recantation of her life with some poor slapstick humor. It was not. It was a beautifully written prose of the author going over her childhood and young adulthood and how heavily she idolized her (now deceased) mother to the intense detriment of her own physical and mental health. Only years after her mother died did she begin to understand that what her mother did was wrong and not her fault, and she began to heal from it. It isn’t until the last page do you see any sort of “moving on” from idolizing the mother. The audiobook is narrated by the author which I liked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, Violence, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts