I'm Glad My Mom Died

In the memoir, McCurdy discusses her childhood as a successful child actress, her brief foray into a career in country music, and the troubled and controlling relationship she had with her mother, Debra, who died from cancer in 2013. She describes a strained relationship with a producer at Nickelodeon she referred to only as "The Creator", whom BuzzFeed News and other sources speculated to be Dan Schneider. The book is divided into two sections, "Before" and "After", which describe the events of her life before and after the death of her mother. ==Background==

McCurdy had been a professional actress from age six until she announced that she had permanently stopped acting in 2017. McCurdy had previously written pieces in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and began writing personal essays shortly after. She sent some of the essays to her manager at the time, who encouraged her to write a book about her experiences. Rather than write a book, McCurdy created a one-woman show titled ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'' which she performed in Los Angeles and New York City. Plans to tour the show in other cities were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; she decided to write her material into a memoir. Book cover The cover features McCurdy looking up and holding a pink urn with decorative paper spilling out. About the decision to use the photo for the book cover, McCurdy told Entertainment Weekly: ==Reception==

The book sold out within 24 hours of going on sale at retailers such as Amazon, Target, and Barnes & Noble. That same month it became a number one New York Times Best Seller for non-fiction in both hardcover and e-book, selling over 200,000 copies across all formats in its first week of release. It also debuted at number one on the Publishers Weekly Bestseller List in the "Hardcover Frontlist Nonfiction" section selling 41,687 units. As of early October 2023, it remained on the hardcover list 60 consecutive weeks. According to Rolling Stone, the book has sold more than three million copies as of July 2025. It was also one of the most borrowed titles in American public libraries during 2023 and 2024. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called the book "insightful and incisive, heartbreaking and raw." Kirkus Reviews, which also gave a starred review, wrote that the book is, "The heartbreaking story of an emotionally battered child delivered with captivating candor and grace." Nina Li Coomes of The Atlantic called it "a layered account of a woman reckoning with love and violence at once." Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times wrote that the memoir was "a coming-of-age story that is alternately harrowing and mordantly funny." ==Accolades==

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In July 2025, Apple TV+ greenlit a series order of ten episodes, starring Jennifer Aniston, who also serves as an executive producer. It is inspired by McCurdy's memoir of the same name about "the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kids' show, and her narcissistic mom who relishes in her identity as a starlet's mother," with Aniston in the mother role. and Jennifer Aniston. Filmmaker Jason Reitman was also involved in the series as its director but eventually exited the project, reportedly due to a tense clash with McCurdy. According to reports, Reitman had pushed for a more comedic tone than the author wanted, creating a "spat" that ended up being "disrespectful" to Reitman. ==See also==