I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Star Rating: ★★★★★
I did not grow up watching iCarly, but the title drew me in immediately. 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' is a fast listen narrated by the author, recounting her life as a childhood actor with a gut-wrenching family life. She really lets it all out in this book about her upbringing in an abusive household. She recounts multiple encounters of control and psychological abuse her mother enacted upon her. While I commend her for her confessional in this book, I wish she could have delved deeper into the topic of how adult children can remove parents from their lives and be at peace to breathe a sigh of relief when these people die. It's a topic that is barely explored, and yet she had the chance and could have delved deeper into it.
Format read: Audiobook
