Jennette McCurdy’s debut memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died, explores the challenges of family, identity, and independence. It recounts her life under the control of her mother, Debra McCurdy, who pushed her into acting and dictated every aspect of her life. The book opens with Jennette at her mother’s hospital bedside, trying to wake her from a coma by announcing she’s reached her mother’s unattainable weight goal, highlighting their toxic relationship and Jennette’s struggle to find herself. Published in 2022 and based on her one-woman show, the memoir reflects on McCurdy’s career as a child actress and her abusive relationship with her late mother, who died in 2013.