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Barcode37821002504914
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleI'm glad my mom died / Jennette McCurdy.
AuthorMcCurdy, Jennette, 1992- author.
Call No791.4502 MCC
CollectionAdult 700
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791.4502 MCC Due on 5/9/2024  

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781982185824
International Standard Book Number 1982185821
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 791.4502/8092
Personal Name McCurdy, Jennette, 1992- author.
Title Statement I'm glad my mom died / Jennette McCurdy.
Varying Form of Title I am glad my mom died.
Edition Statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022
Physical Description x, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary, Etc. "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." --publisher's website.
Subject-Personal Name McCurdy, Jennette, 1992-
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Mothers and daughters United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Child actors United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Singers United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Television actors and actresses United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Autobiographies.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Mothers Death.