Jennette McCurdy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’, releases her debut novel ‘Half His Age’ today. The 288-page hardcover arrives through major retailers priced at $30.00, with a Kobo eBook edition available for $16.99. McCurdy transitions from memoir to fiction with a character-driven story centered on Waldo, a seventeen-year-old navigating desire, loneliness, and the complicated pursuit of connection. The novel explores themes of intimacy, power, and the often misguided lengths people go to in order to feel seen.
‘Half His Age’ follows Waldo’s fixation on Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher, examining the psychology behind her yearning through a lens that McCurdy describes as sad, funny, and thrilling. The protagonist grapples with questions of what drives attraction: passion, life experience, intellectual connection, or simply the need to be acknowledged. McCurdy crafts a portrait of adolescent longing that balances sharp perception with dark humor, offering readers a raw examination of a young woman determined to overcome every obstacle in her path toward validation and love.