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Aug 11, 2022 · Their identities were intertwined to the point where McCurdy’s mother, who died of breast cancer in 2013, even dictated her favorite color. The book contains an overarching biblical allusion ...
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I'm Glad My Mom Died is a 2022 memoir by American writer, director and former actress Jennette McCurdy based on her one-woman show of the same name. The book is about her career as a child actress and her difficult relationship with her abusive mother who died in 2013.
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- Jennette's mother, Debra, was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer when Jennette was only 2 years old. Although Jennette said she was too young to remember most of the details about her mother's illness, her mother would bring it up at any chance she got.
- By the time Jennette was 6, her mother decided she was going to become an actor, despite the fact that Jennette had never expressed any desire to try acting.
- Jennette, who grew up Mormon, said she loved going to church every Sunday because it was a "beautiful, peaceful, three-hour weekly reprieve from the place I hate most: home."
- After earning background roles in commercials and shows like The X-Files — work that Jennette said she didn't particularly enjoy — she booked a role in Golden Dreams, a film set during the Great Depression that played at Disney's California Adventure.
Aug 17, 2022 · Jennette McCurdy spoke about her three brothers, Dustin, Scott, and Marcus, and their reaction to her book, 'I'm Glad My Mom Died.' Read their response here.
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Aug 17, 2022 · The new memoir from former child star Jennette McCurdy has an attention-grabbing title: I’m Glad My Mom Died. Over the course of the book, McCurdy, who built her name on Nickelodeon’s...
Nov 8, 2022 · In her memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” she details her complicated relationship with her abusive mother up until her death from cancer in 2013. “She turned to me when I was 6 and said that she wanted me to be an actress because her parents would never let her be one,” McCurdy says.
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Aug 15, 2022 · 'iCarly' alum Jennette McCurdy tells THR about the laughter and tears she experienced while writing her memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died,' working with Miranda Cosgrove and her directing plans.
