Jennette McCurdy – författare & böcker

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Half His Age (svensk utgåva)

Häftad, Svenska, 2026

159 kr199 kr

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Sjuttonåriga Waldo är hungrig. Kåt. Kantig. Klok. Naiv. Impulsiv. Ensam. Arg. Stark. Sårad. Insiktsfull. Hon har ett ändlöst begär. Och det hon begär mest av allt: Mr Korgy, läraren i kreativt skrivande som kommer med fru och barn, bolån, vissna drömmar och en växande kulmage.

Waldo vet inte varför hon vill ha honom – är det hans passion eller kunskap hon är ute efter? Eller är det djupare än så, kan det vara den osannolika anknytning de känner, deras unikt gemensamma världsåskådning. Kan det bara vara så att han ser henne när ingen annan gör det?

Half his age är en oförsonlig, vild och dräpande uppgörelse med allt det innebär att vara en ung kvinna i en värld som inte är skapad för vare sig dem eller deras begär – eller raseri. Boken har redan hyllats internationellt och har legat på New York Times bästsäljarlista sedan den släpptes.

Jennette McCurdy blev känd genom Nickelodeons succéserie iCarly och spinoffserien Sam & Cat, liksom Netflix-serien Between. År 2017 lade hon skådespelandet på hyllan till förmån för att skriva och regissera. Numera ses hennes verk på välrenommerade filmfestivaler och i exempelvis The Wall Street Journal. Hennes första bok Jag är glad att mamma dog, en uppgörelse med uppväxten och den påtvingade skådespelarkarriären, låg på New York Times bästsäljarlista i 80 veckor och vann Goodreads Choice Awards 2022 i kategorin Bästa Biografi och Memoar.

"Lika oförsonlig och obestridlig som sin protagonist. McCurdy behandlar Waldos begär med ett nästan vördnadsfullt allvar." – Elle

"Rolig, äcklig, obehaglig, gripande." – The Washington Post

"Djärv och uppkäftig ... McCurdy fortsätter att ta sig an de obekväma samtal som i slutändan leder diskursen." – Harper s Bazaar

"En berättelse om hämnd ... Och om den gör dig förbannad på såväl feminism som fartbind konsumtion eller könsmaktsordningen i relationer med stor åldersskillnad så är det helt rätt" – Rolling Stone

Jag är glad att mamma dog

AvJennette McCurdy

Pocket, Svenska, 2024

(3)

89 kr

Vinnare av Goodreads Choice Awards 2022 i kategorin Bästa Biografi och Memoar.

Jennette McCurdy var bara sex år när hon gick på sin första filmaudition. Hennes mammas dröm var att dottern skulle få det liv hon själv drömt om - ett liv som filmstjärna. I ett Hollywoodklimat med hård konkurrens, drillas Jennette av mamman inför otaliga auditions och möten med agenter.

När Jennette får sin stora roll i Nickelodeons iCarly eskalerar mammans kontrollerande beteende. Hon inför strikta matscheman och nitisk kontroll av Jennettes kropp. Fram till 16 års ålder duschades Jennette av sin mamma och hon vägdes fem gånger om dagen. Medan mamman njuter av stjärnglansen, hanterar Jennette kraftig ätproblematik, självhat, ångest och tvångssyndrom.

Men samtidigt som Jennette får huvudrollen i spinoff-serien Sam & Cat, dör mamman i cancer. Det blir starten på Jennettes resa mot bättre hälsa och hon får hjälp att hantera sitt förflutna och sitt självskadebeteende.

JAG ÄR GLAD ATT MAMMA DOG är en självutlämnande och uppriktig berättelse om relationen till mamman, kändisskapets påfrestningar och det egna självutplånandet. Med mörk humor och snillrika anekdoter åstadkommer Jennette McCurdy en oöverträffad uppväxtskildring om kontroll, återerövring och om frigörelsen i att finna sig själv.

Jennette McCurdy spelade i Nickelodeons succéserie iCarly och i spinoffserien Sam & Cat, liksom i Netflix-serien Between. År 2017 lade hon skådespelandet på hyllan till förmån för att skriva och regissera. Hennes filmer har sedan dess visats på ett antal välrenommerade filmfestivaler. Hennes essäer har publicerats i HuffPost och The Wall Street Journal. Hennes enmansshow I m Glad My Mom Died spelades i två slutsålda vändor på Lyric Hyperion Theatre och Hudson Theatre i Los Angeles. I sin podcast Empty Inside, som legat etta på Apples topplista, samtalar hon med gäster om obekväma ämnen. Hon bor i Los Angeles.

I'm Glad My Mom Died

AvJennette McCurdy

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

165 kr

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERMORE THAN 3.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD!A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.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, whatever it took, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what her mother called “calorie restriction”, weighing herself five times a day and ultimately shrinking down to 89 pounds. She endured extensive at-home makeovers using knockoff whitening strips, hot curlers, eyelash tint, and gobs of bleach to enhance her “natural beauty.” She was showered by her mother until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, an email account, and all her earnings. The dream finally comes true when Jennette is cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly and is thrust into fame. But for Jennette, the dream is a nightmare.Practically overnight, her fake smile and cheesy airbrushed hair-do is plastered on billboards across the country. And though her mom is ecstatic, ordering her to smile for the paparazzi (with whom she’s on a first-name basis) and sign endless autographs for fans who only know her by her character’s name, 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 Jennette’s mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and coldly examining the relationship with her mother, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants. Told with raw honesty and equal parts gravity and humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is a a shocking, devastating, and ultimately inspiring story of resilience.

Half His Age

AvJennette McCurdy

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

200 kr

Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn’t? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does. Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles—or attempts to overcome them—in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.

Half His Age

AvJennette McCurdy

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

214 kr

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THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Half His Age is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power – and the (often misguided) lengths we’ll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died. 'SHOCKING, HONEST AND UNSPARING' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE 'A HILARIOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE TRIUMPH' GUARDIAN 'EERIE, UNSETTLING AND BELIEVABLE' GILLIAN FLYNN, AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL'ABSOLUTE DYNAMITE' ELIZABETH DAYWaldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all? Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher.Mr Korgy, with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films that she doesn’t? Or are they actually kindred spirits, sharing the same filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is an incisive study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles in her effort to be seen, to be desired and to be loved. 'THOUGHT-PROVOKING, SHOCKING AND DARKLY COMIC' INDEPENDENT

Half His Age

AvJennette McCurdy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

209 kr

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THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Half His Age is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power – and the (often misguided) lengths we’ll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died. 'SHOCKING, HONEST AND UNSPARING' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE 'A HILARIOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE TRIUMPH' GUARDIAN 'EERIE, UNSETTLING AND BELIEVABLE' GILLIAN FLYNN, AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL'ABSOLUTE DYNAMITE' ELIZABETH DAYWaldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all? Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher.Mr Korgy, with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films that she doesn’t? Or are they actually kindred spirits, sharing the same filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is an incisive study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles in her effort to be seen, to be desired and to be loved. 'THOUGHT-PROVOKING, SHOCKING AND DARKLY COMIC' INDEPENDENT

I'm Glad My Mom Died

AvJennette McCurdy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

(7)

245 kr

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A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. 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. Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.