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A review by valeisbleu
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
My takeaways
- good parents understand that they're raising whole new lives that are not theirs to control when they have kids.
- also, adults mess up just as the same, it's heartbreaking when you become disillusioned about people who should have protected you when you were a child. But that's where the courage lies: to be willing to break your own heart and create some fresh narratives.
- no one's perfect. It's perfectly alright to grieve what you thought was perfect or romanticised.
- healing sucks, but it's better down the line years from now.
Book is good for anyone needing the courage to see the adults in their lives as that, humanely flawed, and you can choose to either keep them or leave them in the life you want to create going forward.
- good parents understand that they're raising whole new lives that are not theirs to control when they have kids.
- also, adults mess up just as the same, it's heartbreaking when you become disillusioned about people who should have protected you when you were a child. But that's where the courage lies: to be willing to break your own heart and create some fresh narratives.
- no one's perfect. It's perfectly alright to grieve what you thought was perfect or romanticised.
- healing sucks, but it's better down the line years from now.
Book is good for anyone needing the courage to see the adults in their lives as that, humanely flawed, and you can choose to either keep them or leave them in the life you want to create going forward.