Im glad my mom died who is joe reddit

I finished this book a couple of days ago. I listened to the audiobook on the airplane. The audiobook was narrated by the author herself. I went in with little expectations. I didn't really watch iCarly and didn't find Sam and Cat interesting as a child. I watched it occasionally in the background when there was nothing else on TV, so I knew a bit who the characters were.

The title kinda threw me off and I didn't know what to expect, but man... I was BLOWN AWAY.

Jennette McCurdy has proven that she has an excellent voice as writer. She brought me on an emotional rollercoast through her childhood and hit me in the guts. Her upbringing, her struggles as a child star, her ED and addiction. Absolutely devastating.

Despite the tragic themes, Jennette managed to bring a sense of humor in the novel and I often found myself chuckling at certain sections. (Her deadpan delivery in the audiobook helped a lot.)

So, to those who haven't read it, I recommend the audiobook a lot. Jennette really knows how to deliver the lines and keep your attention. I finished the audiobook in 2 days and spent several days digesting it.

5/5 stars!

I am fully invested in Jennette McCurdy’s story and I am disgusted by what I am learning. Her writing style is superb and I hope she continues writing in the future.

She deserved so much better than what she got and I am so proud of her releasing this book and the success she has seen since its release

If you are on the fence about reading this memoir, please do. It is excellent!

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Agreed! Read it in one sitting, and cried, laughed, and gasped aloud. It was so well written - you can feel the writing style shift as she ages; it really sounds like a child's thoughts in the beginning and grows into an angry, hurt adult's voice.

I wrote out a lot more but deleted it because I don't know how to explain what else touched me about her writing, but her voice is just so mature and empathetic. I'm so glad she's doing well now, because it sounds like she deserves it and worked hard to get to that place.

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I stopped reading this post mid way through, bought and read the book in one sitting and now I'm back on said thread. It was phenomenal.

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Read the whole book in a day, I couldn’t put it down. I loved how she wrote everything factual of what was happening and how she felt when it was happening; nothing of “knowing what I know now”

SPOILERS When she writes when her first therapist attempts to discuss her mother and she becomes so defensive I was like, “HOLY SHIT, she still doesn’t understand what her mother did to her was wrong!?!?”

When I had thought we were done with the abuse stories and we were just going into JM’s recovery I was so angry at the mention in the end about her mother requesting she visit her grave EVERYDAY, vile woman, attempting guilt trip beyond the grave.

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She doesn't deserve any of the flak she got on Twitter for the title.

The set up in the first chapter of her yearly birthday wish being that her mother gets to live another year is so perfectly paid off in the title, and by the time you get halfway through the book, you're glad her mother died too.

I'm not sure kids from stable, loving homes can understand. Even when things are good with an unstable parent, you're always waiting for that other shoe to drop.

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My mother died when I was 13, she was very loving and one of the best people I've ever known. What I don't understand is why people have an issue with accepting that their experience in life is not the same as everyones experience. Some mother's shouldn't be praised. Just because you give birth to a human doesn't mean you are entitled to endless worship for the rest of your life. It's totally okay for people to hope their abusers die, imo. Even if that abuser is your parents.

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I have to keep my mom on an information diet, not because she's abusive or anything, but because she doesn't do well with other peoples opinions or actions that go against how she thinks it should be done.

It took my then GF, now wife, about 4 years to truly get why I'm the way I am with my mom, and that's because she came from a much different family with more open perspectives.

You're right that people from more stable places have a hard time empathizing or understanding adaptation strategies unless they are directly exposed to the experiences because they just don't have the context to understand why.

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I came from a stable household, but my mother's mother was a real piece of work. She's been dead for 15+ years but the damage she did to my mom (and indirectly to me) won't ever fully heal.

On top of being a narcissistic, verbally abusive, alcoholic, some really disgusting stuff from her past recently came to light. If there is a hell, I sincerely hope that crone is burning in it. My mom is too tender-hearted to share that sentiment.

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I'm not sure kids from stable, loving homes can understand

I have two nieces, both fairly young. One is ten, the other is 7. Their mom died of covid in 2021, and they now live with their dad. Their lives have improved considerably. They don't get abused, neglected, or even really yelled at anymore. They get to eat, every day. They get to play with neighborhood kids. The older one has literally said that she's glad her mom is gone. It's horrible the abuse some children have to endure.

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My childhood wasn't stable, we were poor, my parents were too young, and they didn't always make good choices, but we were loved.

Honestly I'd take the hardships every time vs having a narcissist parent. I feel sorry for everyone who has to grow up without the bare minimum of affection.

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People fall into this automatic belief that you're supposed to stick with your family through thick and thin. It's so narrow-minded.

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I wholeheartedly think this is the best book title I’ve seen in years. It has bite and meaning behind it. She picked a title that fit the story and it worked. Anyone with an issue with the title is a prude that needs to realize not everything is about them

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The Brontës, du Maurier, Shirley Jackson & Barbara Pym

"Even when things are good with an unstable parent, you're always waiting for that other shoe to drop."

1000%

Even 'good moments' provide no relief. It's an oppressive, exhausting weight that only a death can lift sometimes.

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I understand the title so strongly it's what drove me to read the book. I picked it up and i read it cover to cover in one sitting which i haven't been able to do since i was 16. It's unfortunate I even have to feel this way but I look forward to the day my dad finally dies because I feel like I can't breathe until that day. I will never actually be free from all of his extreme abuse and bullshit unless he is literally dead. Sometimes it's just like that.

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I blinked at the title but man, my father was sexually and emotionally abusive, and neglectful, and I do wish he was dead. I’m semi waiting for the day where he can’t hurt anyone again.

So I blinked once, read it was abuse, and was like “okay then. Good for her.”

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