October 28, 2022
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
As a child actress, Jennette McCurdy appeared in iCarly on Nickelodeon as well as guest appearances on dozens of network TV shows. Her mother had always wanted to be an actress but was unable to fulfill her dream, so she pushed Jennette into acting. Jennette hated acting but kept at it to please her mother, who suffered from recurring bouts of cancer. After her mother's death, McCurdy found herself floundering, abusing alcohol and descending deeper into bulimia. Giving up acting and with the help of therapy, she slowly began to return to the surface.
In this memoir, McCurdy talks frankly about how her mother abused her sexually, verbally and physically, urging her to starve herself, ignoring Jennette's eating disorders, and insisting on washing her daughter in the shower until she was 17, as well as examining her breasts and vagina daily. McCurdy also reveals the abuse that young actors in particular are subjected to in order to satisfy the studios. I'm not that familiar with McCurdy's work but this memoir is both riveting and horrifying.
Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett in iCarly
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