@article{1405316,
      recid = {1405316},
      author = {McCurdy, Jennette,},
      title = {I'm glad my mom died /},
      pages = {x, 304 pages ;},
      abstract = {"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, and Jennette would do anything  to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom  called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing  herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home  makeovers while Mom chided, "Your eyelashes are invisible,  okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?" She was  even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her  diaries, email, and all her income.  In I'm Glad My Mom  Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching  detail--just as she chronicles what happens when the dream  finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called  iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic,  emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name  basis with the paparazzi ("Hi Gale!"), Jennette is riddled  with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into  eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy  relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after  taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside  Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after  discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks  on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what  she really wants." -- Amazon.com.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1405316},
}