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.
“A stunning memoir…[McCurdy] reveals herself to be a stingingly
funny and insightful writer, capable of great empathy and a brutal
punchline. It’s a document not just of all she’s endured, but also
of the wisdom she accrued along the way.”—Sam Lansky, TIME
“A coming-of-age story that is alternately harrowing and mordantly
funny.”—Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times
“[A] magnum opus…sharply funny and empathetic.”—Ashley
Spencer, The Washington Post
“McCurdy strips away the candy-coated facade of her sitcom
experiences.”—Vanity Fair
“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)
“McCurdy asks readers a question: When and how does one rid oneself
of the cage created by others and walk freely? Her stunning debut
offers fierce honesty, empathy for those that contributed to her
grief, and insights into the hard-fought attachments and
detachments of growing older.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Delivered with captivating candor and grace.”—Kirkus (starred
review)
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