I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy has appeared in Nickelodeon's iCarly and its spin-off, Sam & Cat, as well as Netflix's Between. She left acting in 2017 to pursue writing and directing. Her films have been shown at the Florida Film Festival, Salute Your Shorts Film Festival, Short of the Week, and other festivals. Her work has appeared in Huffington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Her one-woman show, I'm Glad My Mom Died, had two sold-out runs in Los Angeles at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre and the Hudson Theatre. She hosts the podcast Empty Inside, which has topped Apple's charts and features guests discussing difficult topics.
I'm Glad My Mom Died is the Jennette McCurdy's heartbreaking and hilarious memoir 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 had her first acting audition when she was six years old. Jennette's mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a celebrity, and she would go to any length to make her mother happy. So she agreed to "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day, as Mom put it. She had extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chastised her, saying, "Your eyelashes are invisible, okay?" Do you think Dakota Fanning's isn't tinted? " She was even showered by Mom until she was sixteen years old while sharing her diaries, email, and all of her earnings."
Jennette recounts all of this in unflinching detail in I'm Glad My Mom Died, just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. She becomes famous after being cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly. Though Mom is overjoyed, emailing fan club moderators and getting to know the paparazzi by first name ("Hi Gale!"), Jennette is plagued by anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifests as eating disorders, addiction, and a string of unhealthy relationships. These problems are exacerbated when her mother dies of cancer shortly after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on a journey of recovery and, for the first time in her life, determines what she truly desires.
Among the best books on family, I'm Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair, told with refreshing candor and dark humor.
Author: Jennette McCurdy
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1982185821/
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