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I'm Glad My Mom Died

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* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.

Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.


Narrator: Jennette McCurdy
Duration:

4.6

6444 ratings

AnĂłnimo

2/16/2024

No puedo expresar con palabras todo lo que este libro ha significado para mi. Conozco a Jennette desde su comienzos en ICarly, con su posterior carrera en la mĂșsica, de las cuales mi canciĂłn favorita era “Not That Far Away”, su posterior show de Sam and Cat, los rumores que declaraban que la cancelaciĂłn era por culpa de quejas debido a una brecha salarial entre Jennette y Ariana
Su posterior show de Netflix
 Todo. Este libro me ha hecho darle la vuelta a la hoja. Ver que todo en su carrera desde los inicios ha sido algo falso, doloroso e incluso traumĂĄtico para ella solo hace que reafirmar que nunca vamos a saber por lo que otra persona estĂĄ pasando, por lo tanto, como mĂ­nimo, hay que intentar ser comprensivos con los demĂĄs. Podemos incluso tener un buen impacto en ellos como el caso de Jennette con Miranda. La montaña rusa de emociones que me ha hecho vivir este libro, no solo poniĂ©ndome en la piel de Jennette, sino tambiĂ©n haciĂ©ndome revivir a mi mis propias experiencias, una maravilla de verdad. Jennette es una persona realmente fuerte, con un proceso de saneamiento e introspecciĂłn realmente brutal. Definitivamente voy a seguir su podcast de “Empty Inside” y apoyarĂ© su trabajo como escritora cuando vaya sacando mĂĄs libros. Jennette, te mereces lo mejor que el mundo te pueda dar, lo peor ya ha pasado. Te queremos y te apoyamos❀

Karens

12/25/2023

Un libro sinĂłnimo de valentĂ­a y resilencia

Anonymous

11/19/2023

La narraciĂłn es excelente, te envuelves fĂĄcilmente en esta autobiografĂ­a que revela crudamente por todo lo que tuvo que pasar Jennette. Ya quiero tenerlo en fĂ­sico y releerlo, es una maravilla