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I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star 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"--]cProvided by publisher.

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"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star 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"--]cProvided by publisher.

"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star 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"--]cProvided by publisher.

Review Summaries

  • Reception is generally positive, with praise for the premise and the emotional stakes. Some readers want a tighter pace or a little more depth in places.

Book Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Published
2025-11-18
Pages
320 pages
Language
英語
Size
13.97 x 2.29 x 21.27 cm
ISBN-13
9781982185831
ISBN-10
198218583X
Price
2582 JPY
Category
洋書/Biographies & Memoirs/Memoirs

* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star 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. Jennette 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. In I’m Glad My Mom Died , 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 iCarly , 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 iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants. Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.

Jennette McCurdy is the author of I’m Glad My Mom Died , winner of the 2023 American Library Association Alex Award and the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography. The book is a #1 New York Times bestseller and has spent more than eighty weeks on the list. It has been published in more than thirty countries and has sold more than three million copies. McCurdy is creating, writing, executive producing, directing, and showrunning an Apple TV+ series loosely inspired by I’m Glad My Mom Died , starring Jennifer Aniston. McCurdy’s debut novel, Half His Age , will publish January 2026.

Reviews

  • Good read

    Funny, quick, good read

  • Easy to ready, funny, insightful.

    I had no idea who the person was, but I heard this was a good book. And it is! You can enjoy it even without knowing any of the history of McCurdy.

  • 時間はかかっても原文の本著を読み切ってみせます

    昔MTVで放映されていたiCarlyがとても好きで、その時に出演されていた女優さんがまさかこんな人生を当時歩まれていたとは思わなかった。英語は苦手で、こんな文章量を読み切れる気はしないけど、電子辞書片手に少しずつ読み進めています。あの頃大好きだった番組のキャストはどんな思いをしていたのか、原文でちゃんと読み切りたいです。 発送が海外だったからかAmazon上で表示される到着予定からはだいぶずれて届きました。

  • 面白かったです。

    アイカーリー見てたので、買いました。 あのサムの裏側にこんなことがあったとは。 日本でもそうかもしれませんが、子役の人生って難しいですね。 カーリーは仲良さそうで、そこはうれしかったです。

  • 引退した子役の回想録が浮き彫りにする、子供を心身ともに虐待して搾取する業界と毒親の致命的なマッチング

    Jennette McCurdy(ジェネット・マッカーディ)は、日本でも放映されたティーン向けTVドラマ「iCarly(アイカーリー)」(Nickelodeon/ニケロディオン)でSam Puckett(サム・パケット)を演じて有名になった。スピンオフの「Sam & Cat」ではアリアナ・グランデと共演したが、その後スクリーンから姿を消していた。今年8月に発売された『I’m Glad My Mom Died(お母さんが死んでよかった)』というショッキングなタイトルの回想録で、共演した頃にアリアナが好きではなかったことを書いており、それが話題になっていた。しかし、実際にこの本を読むとそれはほんの小さな部分でしかない。それよりも、子役を金儲けに利用して人生を徹底的に壊すアメリカのエンターテインメント業界と毒親の致命的なマッチングの恐ろしさをドライなユーモアで綴る衝撃的な回想録である。 我が子をスターにする決意をした母親の執拗な努力で、Jennette McCurdyは6歳の時からオーディションを受け、8歳の時から数々のドラマに出演するようになった。そして、15歳の時にiCarlyのSam Puckettに抜擢されて一躍有名になった。他人のことなど考えずに奔放に(暴力を)ふるって視聴者を笑わせていたSamだが、それを演じていたティーンのJennetteは”The Creator”(名前は出てこないがTVプロデューサーのDan Schneiderと思われる)や母親を怒らせないように常に言動に気を使う「良い子」であり、彼らの欲求に応じるプレッシャーから摂食障害(過食と嘔吐を繰り返すBulimiaのほう)とアルコール依存症を悪化させており、徹底的に惨めだった。 Jennetteの母親は、「お母さんはあなたを愛しているから、あなたの成功のために自分を犠牲にしているのよ」と洗脳し、罪悪感を与えて他人との交友関係や自由時間を与えなかった。娘が子役として成功するために幼い頃から摂食障害になるように躾け、医師から摂食障害の可能性と深刻さを指摘された時には知らぬ顔で娘の健康を思いやる母を演じた。母親は、「愛」を言い訳と脅し文句にして、11歳の頃から一家の稼ぎ頭になった娘をいつまでも自立させようとしなかったのだ。 母親ががんで死去してからも母が与えた影響は続き、Jennetteのアルコール依存症と摂食障害は危険なレベルになった。ボーイフレンドの意見もあって心理セラピーを受け、改善しかけていたのだが、セラピストから母親がやっていたことは虐待だと指摘された時の反発でカウンセラーを首にして再び摂食障害を悪化させてしまう。母親がやったのは心身の虐待だったと認められるようになるまで、かなりの時間と努力が必要だったことがわかる。

  • Might be a Fake Book

    I'm not sure this was a real copy.....I've seen the book in the store, and the sizing was off, and the printing seemed weird. I think this one is a fake. However, the book's contents were fine and seemed to be the same as normal.

  • 偽物

    残念でした。

  • I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK. This book is so well-rounded and well-thought-out and considered, where Jennette doesn't just depict her mom as this one-dimensional kind of villainous figure when she talks about the way that her mother behaved, but instead, also recognizes that her mum was troubled in her own way too and yeah like I said she's a complicated and nuanced person. The writing style is great it is so concise and to the point but also very very readable, and it feels very self-aware. She's not on the defence here, trying to paint herself out to be a saint, it's not like a hero and villain story. She also acknowledges when she makes mistakes and when things that have impacted her and her life caused her to act in a certain way. One thing I loved was the discussion of friendships, especially adult friendships, and how often those friendships are contextual. So they'll be like someone that you worked with or someone that you had an opportunity with someone that you were dating at a certain time in your life and she talks about how people do kind of move in and out of your life and how sometimes friendships do fluctuate or oscillate which I thought was fascinating to read. I'm glad I read this book because it's so brilliant and insightful, and I think everyone will rlly enjoy it and you don't need to have followed Jennette McCurdy's career or to know that much about her in order to appreciate this book and take a lot from it.

  • I recommend it to every single person. The best book I ever read.

  • incredible book

  • Was soll ich sagen, ich denke das war tatsächlich das interessanteste Buch, was ich je gelesen habe. Man bekommt so viel emotionale Tiefe aus den Abgründen der Showbühne vorgezeigt und erfährt schockierendste Zustände. Ganz nebenbei zeigt aber McCurdy auch noch was für eine handwerklich gute Autorin sie ist. Das Buch ist trotz der unglaublich harten und ernsten Thematik auch an manchen stellen mal lustig und mit einer Würze geschrieben, dass die Stimmung ab und an mal aufgelockert wird, bevor es dann wieder an die harte Kost geht. Regt sehr zum Nachdenken an, wirklich absolut empfehlenswert.

  • Buy it and read it. Interesting look into the life of a young star.

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