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Uncomfortable truths
Los Angeles Times
|January 20, 2026
Jennette McCurdy made a splash with a memoir about her mom. In debut novel about a wild affair, she plumbs the depths of power dynamics.
"I REALLY try to write for truth, and I can't help it if that's shocking. I can't help it if that's noisy," author Jennette McCurdy says.
(VICTORIA STEVENS)
Jennette McCurdy's phone could not be silenced.
After the release of her 2022 memoir, "I'm Glad My Mom Died," the actor-turned-author received an unending barrage of messages and calls from friends, family, distant acquaintances, people she'd crossed paths with one time when she was 12 years old.
This story is from the January 20, 2026 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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