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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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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.
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- Bethany
- 14-08-22
incredible
finished it in one day! couldn't put it down it was so raw and honest
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- Clare Gallagher
- 07-10-22
Hilarious and devastating
Jennette tells her story with such humour and candour. I literally couldn’t stop listening till it was done and I didn’t want it to end. One of the best books in years. I can’t recommend it enough.
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- Catherine Swaile
- 31-10-23
Suggested listening speed x0.85
Engaging account of her life. Obviously she’s the heroine in her own story, always the smartest and kindest in the room but even so there is a really open and raw approach that lays bare her trauma and her own naivety. She reads very fast and I usually speed up audibles but this one I slowed and it made it a much better listen. X0.85 speed recommended.
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- Anonymous
- 15-08-22
Fantastic audiobook - sometimes hard to follow
The reason why I wanted to write a review was to inform potential buyers that sometimes Jennette's way of talking can be fast and quiet, and I had to rewind a couple of times. Her narration is fairly monotone, but that's probably because she's narrating her own voice. When she voices other people, she acts their voice very well and it's clear that it's a different person talking which I appreciated. But audiobooks are hard to follow sometimes and I missed or couldn't hear a lot of words.
Which is why I always prefer an established narrator to do audiobooks, but I did enjoy listening to this one. It's very rare I don't mind the author narrating their own book, even if it was a challenge sometimes.
I enjoyed the actual book itself and I would recommend.
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- Leon
- 16-08-22
More than a memoir. It is gift to humanity.
A memoir this honest and naked is a rare find.
Herein lies the profound power of the book.
There is so much to feed off this very human journey. She has managed a miraculous achievement by touching a million lives with her life.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-08-22
Best read (listen) in a very long time
This book is beautifull! The language is perfect and you feel with the author all the way through the book. And she reads it so well.
I cried, cringed, laughed and smiled with her the entire time. Thank you for this book.
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- Auburn Langley
- 21-08-22
very good
couldn't stop reading I finished in one day, a sad but really interesting and empathetic read. An interesting insight to Jenny's life and how she came out the other side of her traumas with strength.
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- Carol-Anne Campbell
- 12-08-22
Raw and Emotional
Loved this book, couldn't put it down.
well done Jennette.
I hope you have some peace now.
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- Emjbro
- 23-08-22
Jennette earns the title
The beautiful construction of Jennette's story telling spun out such a clear and cohesive arc. We could see her unpicking the lies, sercrecy, and manipulation that were the tapestry of her life, to leave a clear thread from beginning to end.
Considering the content of the book Jennette did not have to earn the title, but nevertheless she did. The writing used tone artfully, capturing moments in time, enhanced by her performance.
Truly, I felt privileged to hear Jennette tell her story in her own voice. Choosing to leave in the touches of intense emotional fragility was a gift that she did not have to share with us, but the telling was enhanced by it. I'm grateful to her.
Irony is a strong part of this book, particularly in the strong juxtaposition between the public view of "Sam" against the reality of life as Jennette. There is a further irony in that, having had one view of herself forcibly shared, Jennette is forced to share far more in this work to truly be seen.
I deeply hope that in future works Jennette is given the space to use her wonderful style to tell stories which are not so intimately personal. Not only for the freedom of the author, but also for all of us to enjoy the breadth of her talent which is clearly there.
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- Shauna
- 25-08-22
I couldn’t listen to it quick enough
I would have listened in one sitting had work and sleep not gotten in the way. An incredible story
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