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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy and Simon & Schuster Audio
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items A tightly curated mix of raw, darkly funny, and psychologically insightful memoirs and recovery guides for readers who connected with the honesty and trauma themes in Jennette McCurdy's "I'm Glad My Mom Died" and the Simon & Schuster Audio editio...
This is the unabridged Audible audiobook of Jennette McCurdy's memoir, narrated by the author and published by Simon & Schuster Audio. It's the ideal format if you want to experience her story exactly as she intends, complete with her timing, ton...
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The hardcover edition is great for readers who prefer to annotate, revisit passages, or display the book on their shelves. It's the same searing account of child stardom, eating disorders, and maternal abuse that the audiobook covers, but in a format...
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Jeannette Walls's classic memoir chronicles her chaotic, neglectful upbringing with deeply dysfunctional parents, blending horror, resilience, and moments of dark humor. Readers who connected with McCurdy's depiction of normalized dysfunction and par...
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Tara Westover's memoir follows her escape from a violent, survivalist, and anti-education family to eventually earn a PhD from Cambridge. Like McCurdy, she interrogates loyalty, gaslighting, and what it means to finally break with an abusive parent w...
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
Michelle Zauner's memoir explores her complicated, often painful relationship with her Korean mother, framed through food, culture, and grief. While the tone skews more tender than McCurdy's, it shares themes of ambivalence, obligation, and the diffi...
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir - Michelle Zauner
Journalist Stephanie Foo's memoir dives into complex PTSD rooted in an abusive childhood, and her painstaking journey through therapy and self-reconstruction. It pairs especially well with McCurdy's story for readers interested in the long-term psych...
What My Bones Know: Memoir of Healing
Susan Forward's classic self-help book analyzes patterns of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse by parents and offers concrete strategies for recovery. If McCurdy's memoir made you recognize your own upbringing in new ways, this provides a practica...
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Hurtful Legacy
Karyl McBride focuses specifically on daughters of narcissistic mothers-controlling, image-obsessed parents who weaponize guilt and approval. The patterns she describes mirror much of what McCurdy recounts about her mother's behavior, making this a u...
Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing Daughters of Narcissistic
Lindsay C. Gibson's book explains how emotionally immature parents stunt their children's development and offers step-by-step approaches to detangling from their influence. It's especially useful if McCurdy's story helped you see your own parent as s...
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents