A review by sarah_cameron
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

My feelings about this book are complicated to say the least, and deeply personal to say the most.

I’m very impressed by Jennette’s ability to share her story. She does it with an incredibly strong and unflinching voice. She is generous and poised despite the awful things she has endured at the hands of others and herself, and I like that her relationship with everything and everyone is complicated and authentic, including the relationship she describes with herself.

This book was weirdly triggering and healing. It really doesn’t pull any punches, especially if you find yourself relating to any aspects of her life that are particularly uncomfortable. It was hard to see aspects of my life mirrored in Jennette’s. It was also deeply comforting to see her progress, and hope for that for myself.

I’m really grateful for this book, and suspect it’s one I’ll revisit many times in years to come.

I do want to echo the general sentiment that you should be mindful of when and how you pick this book up, and that it’s okay to put it down and return to it when you feel ready.

Thanks for sharing this piece of yourself Jennette. It might be weird to say, but it really did mean a lot to be able to read this.
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