{"title":"Jennette McCurdy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"i-m-glad-my-mom-died-9781982185824b","title":"I'm Glad My Mom Died","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by \u003ci\u003eiCarly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSam \u0026amp; Cat \u003c\/i\u003estar Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennette 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI’m Glad My Mom Died\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eiCarly\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. 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Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTold with refreshing candor and dark humor, \u003ci\u003eI’m Glad My Mom Died\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42818389114960,"sku":"9781982185824B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781982185824-l.jpg?v=1785871432"},{"product_id":"i-m-glad-my-mom-died-9781982185831b","title":"I'm Glad My Mom Died","description":"\u003cb\u003e* #1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by \u003ci\u003eiCarly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSam \u0026amp; Cat \u003c\/i\u003estar Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennette 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI’m Glad My Mom Died\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eiCarly\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eiCarly\u003c\/i\u003e spinoff \u003ci\u003eSam \u0026amp; Cat\u003c\/i\u003e alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. 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Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn’t? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? 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