📖 peek insideI'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
A raw and unflinching memoir by former child star Jennette McCurdy, detailing her complicated relationship with her overbearing mother. The book explores the dark side of child stardom, including struggles with eating disorders, addiction, and emotional abuse. McCurdy's narrative is both heartbreaking and darkly humorous, offering a powerful look at recovery and reclaiming one's autonomy. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the psychological impact of parental pressure and the journey toward healing from childhood trauma.
Widely read around the world. Estimated 7 million readers.
Notable Quotes
"I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. "Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with." Because once the context ends, so does the friendship"
"I yearn to know the people I love deeply and intimately—without context, without boxes—and I yearn for them to know me that way, too."
"I take a longer look at the words on her headstone. Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on… Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer. Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?"
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