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Memoir of a Child Star

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

October 17, 2023 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

Wow. This one was brutal. Jennette McCurdy is an excellent writer and draws you in from the very beginning of her memoir. I’ll admit, I had to put this down many times and opt out of reading it at night just becuase I couldn’t stop thinking about the things I read. McCurdy is a survivor of trauma at the hands of the industry and at the hands of her own mother. She paints a vivid picture of the abuse and exploitation she suffered, able to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Addiction, child abuse, child star, Jennette McCurdy, survivor story

donttrustthe_bea's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Addiction, child abuse, child star, Jennette McCurdy, survivor story ·
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Just Every Trigger Warning Imaginable

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

November 30, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

I am too old to have watched Jeanette McCurdy on Nickelodeon, but I was vaguely aware of her before she started promoting this book. I also follow a lot of eating disorder recovery stuff, so I’d seen her podcast being suggested before this came out and was thus aware that the book was going to deal with her eating disorder a lot. Up front I will say that if you have an eating disorder and/or are in recovery from one, this book is super, super […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: child abuse, child star, cw: eating disorder, Jeanette McCurdy, Mormonism, mother daughter relationships

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:135 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: child abuse, child star, cw: eating disorder, Jeanette McCurdy, Mormonism, mother daughter relationships ·
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More AIM conversations than I expected.

October 6, 2017 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

Where Am I Now is Mara Wilson’s memoir – if you don’t remember, she’s the kid from Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire. It’s not a bad book despite the low rating (I’m torn between a 2 and a 3 but since I read it a few weeks ago and remember it with a feeling of mild annoyance, I guess I’m going to round down), it just has the same problems as every memoir by a young adult that I’ve ever read: a lack of/really odd sense […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, child star, Mara Wilson, Where Am I Now

Blingle Bells's CBR9 Review No:28 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, child star, Mara Wilson, Where Am I Now ·
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