Jennette McCurdy is known for her acting in the shows iCarly and Sam & Cat, This book gives the reader a front row seat to what it was really like for Jennette growing up and how she was treated as an actor and within her own home. Her mother was the driving force in her life and all the things she did were to make her mother happy. Jennette learned how to act from acting the way her mother wanted at all times. Her mother was controlling, and both mentally and physically abusive.
This book reiterates how important it is for child actors to be represented and supported. It is unfortunate that parents don't always have the best interest of their child when they make life and even career choices for them at a young age.
Trigger warning for mental and physical abuse, eating disorders, and sexual assault.

I’ve only really heard about Jennette McCurdy in the last few years—I wasn’t into the Nickelodeon teen shows as a teen—and I’m in utter awe of her strength. Her story of emotional and physical abuse at the hands of her own mother is infuriating. Add in the gross Hollywood grooming and anorexia, bulimia, anxiety, OCD, and it’s a miracle she’s come out of the other side of teen stardom in tact.

I’m Glad My Mom Died is a sad and funny memoir about being manipulated into following someone else’s dreams and enduring the mental and emotional consequences alone.

Okay, wow. I don’t feel like I can give this book less than four stars because of the sheer rawness of the contents of this book. The ugly side of child-stardom. I couldn’t stop listening to Jennette’s story (I did the audiobook version). The way she tells the story is just heartbreaking and enlightening and gives so much insight into who SHE is. I hesitate to comment on any detail or aspect of the book because every bit seemed so intimate. I’m just grateful that this exists, that a look into who these one-dimensional TV characters we grew up with REALLY are, good, bad, and ugly.