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12 books with a reading profile close to I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

by Christie Tate

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Christie Tate arrives at Dr.
2

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

by Catherine Gildiner

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Catherine Gildiner recounts five singular cases from her twenty-five years as a clinical psychologist, focusing on patients who endured extreme childhood neglect and physical abuse.
3

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

by Susannah Cahalan

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Susannah Cahalan, a young journalist at the New York Post, experienced a sudden descent into psychosis, seizures, and memory loss.
4

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

James Frey recounts his arrival at a Minnesota rehabilitation center following years of severe alcohol and drug dependency.
5

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

by Henry Marsh

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Henry Marsh provides a candid account of his decades spent as a consultant neurosurgeon, focusing on the high-stakes reality of intracranial procedures.
6

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Rob Delaney, the comedian and actor known for Catastrophe, tells the story of his youngest son Henry, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour as a baby and died at the age of two.
7

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Jarrett J.
8

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

by Hadley Vlahos

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Hadley Vlahos details her experiences as a hospice nurse, documenting the specific physical and psychological phenomena that occur as patients approach death.
9

In Pieces

by Sally Field

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Sally Field narrates her internal life from her childhood in a fractured Hollywood household through her decades-long career.
10

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

by Tembi Locke

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Tembi Locke recounts the three summers she spent in the Sicilian countryside following the death of her husband, Saro.
11

El Deafo

by Cece Bell

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Cece Bell’s graphic memoir chronicles her childhood experience with profound hearing loss beginning at age four after a bout of meningitis.
12

Left Neglected

by Lisa Genova

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Sarah Nickerson is a high-achieving executive and mother balancing a demanding career and family life until a car accident causes traumatic brain injury.

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