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

5.0

Jennette does an incredible job depicting the insidiousness of child abuse and the lifelong effects it can have. She takes the reader through her transformation of growing up believing her mother was perfect and infallible to eventually being able to name the abuse she experienced from her mother and how it has stayed with her. I feel proud of Jennette, especially getting to listen to her read with her own voice how she is better than she’s ever been and is on a slow, but steady path to healing. There’s something about a story of finding and reclaiming one’s voice being read in that voice that is uniquely poignant. It’s both gut-wrenching and stunning to behold.