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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- A heartbreaking and hilarious rollercoaster of a read. I grew up watching Jennette play my favourite character on TV and reading this in-depth and brutally honest memoir blew me completely away. You don't have to be familiar with her acting career to appreciate how thought prokoving this book is. In fact as Lena Dunham says in her review it's an "important cultural document" which engages in important discussions of topics including the exploitative world of child acting, trauma, family relationships, eating disorders and mental illness and how empowering it can be to take back control of your own life. Mary O'Sullivan and Hannah Ebbings
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Jennette McCurdy starred in Nickelodeon's hit show iCarly and its spin-off, Sam & Cat, as well as in the Netflix series Between. In 2017, she quit acting and began pursuing writing/directing. Her films have been featured in the Florida Film Festival, the Salute Your Shorts Film Festival, Short of the Week, and elsewhere. Her essays have appeared in HuffPost and The Wall Street Journal. Her one-woman show I'm Glad My Mom Died had two sold-out runs at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre and Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles. She hosts a podcast called Empty Inside, which has topped Apple's charts and features guests speaking about uncomfortable topics. She lives in Los Angeles.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- A heartbreaking and hilarious rollercoaster of a read. I grew up watching Jennette play my favourite character on TV and reading this in-depth and brutally honest memoir blew me completely away. You don't have to be familiar with her acting career to appreciate how thought prokoving this book is. In fact as Lena Dunham says in her review it's an "important cultural document" which engages in important discussions of topics including the exploitative world of child acting, trauma, family relationships, eating disorders and mental illness and how empowering it can be to take back control of your own life. Mary O'Sullivan and Hannah Ebbings
Jennette McCurdy is the queen of lemonade from lemons, using her trauma to weave a painfully funny story that also illuminates the commodification of teenage girls in America. An important cultural document just as much as a searingly personal one. --Lena Dunham Jennette's road to finding herself--removed from the expectations of her mother--is impressively funny. She fuses nuanced relationships, complex grief, religious whiplash and Hollywood trauma into a bold story with a specific comedic voice. --Jerrod Carmichael How can a book be so sad and also so funny? It's an art, and Jennette McCurdy has mastered it here. I'm Glad My Mom Died is hysterical and heartbreaking and fascinating all at the same time. --Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things and Broken (in the Best Possible Way) I'm Glad My Mom Died is furious, sad, brave, knowing, honest, heart-wrenching, and utterly compelling. McCurdy writes with a keen insight and startling compassion. Whether showing how dysfunction can seem normal to those most affected, the torture of eating disorders, or the mindfuck that is child stardom, McCurdy brings readers deep into the milieu so often hidden from outsiders. This is a beautifully crafted coming-of-age story as fearless as its author. --Lauren Hough, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing Jennette McCurdy's book is a coruscating picture of her life as a child actor, devastatingly honest and with great understanding of the psychology and emotions operating at a deep level. It's a riveting read, entertaining and very touching. --Hayley Mills, New York Times bestselling author of Forever Young Jennette's career as an actor was simply a character in a much more important story. She is a natural writer with a wonderful sense of humor. Her story is heartbreaking with a nice balance of hopeful. I could not put this book down. --Laraine Newman, original cast member of Saturday Night Live and author of May You Live in Interesting Times [An] explosive debut...Insightful and incisive, heartbreaking and raw, McCurdy's narrative reveals a strong woman who triumphs over unimaginable pressure to emerge whole on the other side. Fans will be rapt. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
