Why “glad”? Because grief isn’t simple. McCurdy shows us that loving someone and being relieved they’re gone can coexist when that love was tangled in manipulation.
Jennette McCurdy doesn’t sugarcoat anything. I’m Glad My Mom Died is exactly as raw as the title promises. She walks us through her childhood as a Nickelodeon star, but the real story is her relationship with her mother – a woman who controlled her diet, her career, her body, and her sense of self. I-m Glad My Mom Died
The prose is deceptively simple, often written in short, sharp scenes that feel like therapy sessions. McCurdy writes with dark humor and devastating honesty about anorexia, bulimia, anxiety, and eventually, recovery. Why “glad”