Half His Age

A Novel

De: Jennette McCurdy

Narrado por: Jennette McCurdy

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes “a thorny examination of power, lust, shame and rage” (Los Angeles Times) from “a writer able to capture some of the darkest parts of human nature with unflinching honesty and devastating humor” (NPR)

“Unapologetic and undeniable . . . If there was ever any doubt whether the narrative command that Jennette McCurdy displayed in her bestselling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died might translate to fiction, let it henceforth be put to rest.”—Elle

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.

Great listen!

Been waiting for this book to come out & it did not disappoint! A great listen! Jennette does so good reading it!

Jennette Mccurdy being the next best “spicy” author wasn’t on my 2026 Bingo list!

This book was so captivating. I listened to the entire book in one setting. It’s so honest and real, it makes you cringe at parts, it makes you say “WTF”, it makes you laugh. Really it’s super dirty, and inappropriate and taboo, but you can’t stop listening.
Would listen again and hope Jennette releases more books!!!

Very uncomfortable but familiar tale

A true Raw telling of a common tale that happened to so many girls across the world. We hope to escape these predators and groomers. Glad she had a piece of mind at the end and did what she did.

Vulgar and Obscene, but what the author was going for.

I enjoyed Jeanette's first published novel, however it was very hard to listen to and too descriptive at times.

OMG

I’m in absolute shock at that ending, I’m still clapping. Thank you to Jennette Mccurdy for this novel.