📗 Libro en inglés I M GLAD MY MOM DIED

1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MORE THAN 3 5 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 whatever it took and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy So she went along with what her mother called calorie restriction weighing herself five times a day and ultimately shrinking down to 89 pounds She endured extensive at home makeovers using knockoff whitening strips hot curlers eyelash tint and gobs of bleach to enhance her natural beauty She was showered by her mother until age sixteen while sharing her diaries an email account and all her earnings The dream finally comes true when Jennette is cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly and is thrust into fame But for Jennette the dream is a nightmare Practically overnight her fake smile and cheesy airbrushed hair do is plastered on billboards across the country And though her mom is ecstat