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I'm Glad My Mom Died Audiobook by Jennette McCurdy— narrated by Jennette McCurdy
Jennette McCurdy's memoir takes its deliberately shocking title seriously and earns it. The former child star traces a childhood organized entirely around her mother's ambitions and control, and the strange, complicated liberation of grieving someone who hurt you. It's far funnier and braver than you'd expect.
Why the audiobook wins
Jennette McCurdy reads her own memoir, and that's the whole case for the audiobook. She knows exactly where the deadpan lands and where the pain sits underneath it, so a line that could read as glib on the page comes through as something closer to survival humor when you hear her deliver it herself. Comic timing this precise isn't something a hired narrator, however skilled, could reconstruct secondhand.
At just under six and a half hours, it's a brisk listen, but a heavy one, and hearing McCurdy narrate scenes from her own childhood, the auditions, the calorie counting, the surveillance dressed up as love, adds a layer of remove and reclamation that only the author's voice can supply. This is a commute-sized listen that will still catch you off guard on a quiet evening.
McCurdy has spoken about how much writing and recording this book cost her; hearing her read it is proof of what she got back. A single Audible credit puts her own telling in your ears.
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- Who narrates the I'm Glad My Mom Died audiobook?
- Jennette McCurdy narrates the audiobook edition of I'm Glad My Mom Died.
- How long is the I'm Glad My Mom Died audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 6 hr 26 min.
- Is the I'm Glad My Mom Died audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored I'm Glad My Mom Died 4.7 out of 5. Jennette McCurdy reads her own memoir, and that's the whole case for the audiobook. She knows exactly where the deadpan lands and where the pain sits underneath it, so a line that could read as glib on the page comes through as something closer to survival humor when you hear…
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- Is I'm Glad My Mom Died on Kindle Unlimited?
- Yes. I'm Glad My Mom Died was included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on August 12, 2026.
