Jennette McCurdy on the Runaway Success of Her Memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died
glamour.comwith Miranda Cosgrove and its short-lived spinoff Sam and Cat with , remembers her mom telling her that “writers dress frumpy and get fat, you know?
I would never want your little actress’s peach butt to turn into a big, giant writer’s watermelon butt.” So for the rest of her childhood, McCurdy all but stopped writing; even her diary was shared with Debra.Now 30, McCurdy is the author of a newly minted number-one New York Times-bestselling memoir that has also achieved pop-cultural phenomenon status.
Its striking title, , has inspired sanctimonious comments on Goodreads and beyond, as well as praise for its brash sense of bravery. “A lot of people have been coming up to me saying, ‘Hey, my mom’s alive.
I can’t say this. Thank you for saying this for those of us who can’t,’” McCurdy told Vogue this week.Who would openly celebrate the death of their mother, which, for many people, is considered among the most shattering of losses?
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