I'm Glad My Mom Died

eBook, 320 pages

English language

Published July 10, 2022 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-1-9821-8584-8
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OCLC Number:
1336612551

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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 …

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La historia de Jennette es tan trágica que sólo funciona si la cuenta en clave de humor, así que no queda más remedio que reírse de las desgracias (muchas de ellas compartidas). Parece un ejercicio que haces con una terapeuta en el que cuentas momentos de tu vida que te han marcado, para bien o para mal, pero que acaban por construir tu persona. Es como si tu amiga te contara sus traumas familiares un día de cañas en un bar, y no puedes contener las interjecciones "buah tía mi madre es igual" y "joder, qué horror, me parto".

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