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I'm glad my mom died / Jennette McCurdy.

Summary:
"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, and was also forced to share 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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  • ISBN: 9781982185824
  • ISBN: 1982185821
  • Physical Description: x, 304 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Alex Award winner, 2023
Subject: McCurdy, Jennette, 1992-
Television actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Child actors > United States > Biography.
Singers > United States > Biography.
Mothers and daughters > United States > Biography.
Mothers > Death.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 63 of 108 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 17 current holds with 108 total copies.
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Abington Community Library 92 MCCURDY (Text) 50687011800409 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 03/30/2024
Abington Community Library 92 MCCURDY (Text) 50687011804880 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 MCCURDY (Text) 50686016214525 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/29/2024
Albright Memorial Library 92 MCCURDY (Text) 50686016223567 Browsing Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 MCCURDY (Text) 50686016247376 Browsing Checked Out 04/11/2024
Albright Memorial Library 92 MCCURDY (Text) 50686016248614 Adult Nonfiction On Holds Shelf -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library B MCC (Text) 37268003148095 AHMFL Biography Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 791.4502 MCC (Text) 33240005146413 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/18/2024
Annie Halenbake Ross Library 791.4502 Mc (Text)
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00156038 ADULT Non-Fiction Checked Out 04/01/2024
Ashland Public Library B92 MCC (Text) 3039900036867B Biography Available -

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