The road to recovery is long, arduous and lonely. I appreciated McCurdy sharing such a raw and honest peek into her journey with eating disorders and abuse at the hands of a narcissistic mother, and how relationships like that can be nuanced but also soul-crushing in unexpected ways for decades later. Her writing style is economical with a dry sense of humor and short chapters which makes it easy to read and funny but sad in a poignant way. The one thing I wanted to know more about was her relationship with her brothers- but I assume she probably wanted to keep that sacred. This one will stay with me.

Short summary: All Jennette’s mom wants is for her to be a successful actress, and skinny and pretty and her best friend. She’s six. And so it begins.

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