Every week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. Jennette McCurdy is a best-selling author. She's known for her memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died" and ...

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jennette McCurdy talks about her experience with eating disorder recovery. Every week, a ...

In 2022, Jennette McCurdy released her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, a brutally honest portrait of her life as a former child star, her battle with eating disorders, and, as the title would suggest, ...

Jennette McCurdy, widely known for her role as Sam Puckett on the Nickelodeon show iCarly and her New York Times bestseller, I’m Glad My Mom Died, just released her debut fiction novel, Half His Age.

McCurdy’s new book is a work of fiction, but writing it helped her work through some complicated memories from her own life. Credit...Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Background: Brian Rea; ...

Jennette McCurdy’s fiction debut, “Half His Age,” is not a comfortable book, and it doesn’t want to be. Following the massive success of “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” McCurdy pivots from memoir to novel ...

In her bestselling memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy writes about her first sexual relationship with a much older co-worker on the set of the Nickelodeon show iCarly. At the time, she was ...

The book, called Half His Age, follows Waldo, a 17-year-old who has a relationship with a teacher 23 years her senior. The book deals with the nuances and power imbalance of an age-gap affair and was ...