Things I Should Have Said

Jamie Lynn Spears

Jan 2022 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Jamie Lynn Spears

About this audiobook

In this intimate national bestselling memoir, actress and musician Jamie Lynn Spears opens up for the first time, telling her unfiltered story on her own terms.

You’ve read the headlines, but you don’t know Jamie Lynn Spears. The world first met Jamie Lynn as a child star, when it was her job to perform, both on set and for the press. She spent years escaping into different characters—on All That, Zoey 101, and even in the role as Britney’s kid sister. But as she grew up, faced a teen pregnancy, raised her daughter on her own, pursued a career, and learned to stand on her own two feet, the real Jamie Lynn started to take center stage - a raw, blemished, and imperfect woman, standing in her own power.

Despite growing up in one of America's most tabloid-famous families, Jamie Lynn has never told her story in her own words. In Things I Should Have Said, she talks frankly about the highs and lows, sharing what it was like traveling the world as a kid, how she moved into acting and performing herself, what life as a child star took from her, and the life-changing reality of becoming a teen mom. She talks about how she finally found love and how the mistakes she has made have taught her more than anything else. She also shares vulnerably about how the ATV accident that nearly took her daughter's life brought her back to her faith and caused her to reevaluate and redirect her life.

Frank, courageous, and inspiring, Things I Should Have Said is a portrait of a wife, momma, sister, daughter, actress, and musician doing the best she could to show up for herself and teach her daughters to have the courage to love every part of themselves, too.

Ratings and reviews

I f you are a fan of Jamie lynn this is the book for you you will learn about her life and the book is entertaining. For those who do’nt lie the book you never read it which is sad But I can help you! For everyone else this is a great book and you will enjoy it!

This is what happens when someone complicit of abuse and torture can no longer be in control, they try to change the narrative, they dismiss the victim making them seem crazy, she is a women bringing down another women instead of holding her up in her time of need, its bad enough that in the words of britney she laughed at her during it, but shes publicly mocking her, then telling her she cannot stand up for her self. She's making it all about her but not answering the real questions

People need to stop thinking in black and white. I don't think Jamie Lynn is some evil force out to get Britney. This was a good book and very eye opening. At the end of the day Britney has shown alot of concerning behavior. I hope for a good outcome for everyone. People are looking for a scapegoat. Btw the book doesn't even mention Britney that much. It's mostly Jamie Lynn's life story. I see someone that misses her sister dearly and wants her to be well.

About the author

Jamie Lynn Spears is an actress and musician who began her entertainment career at an early age. The Louisiana native made her way into acting with some national commercials before landing her first big debut on television, appearing on Nickelodeon’s All That and then starring as the title character on Zoey 101, for which she won the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award for Best Actress in 2006. When she became a mother at sixteen, her pregnancy made headlines. She returned to the entertainment business as a singer/songwriter who has collaborated with artists such as Jana Kramer and has won several awards (NSAI, BMI) as a songwriter for writing the platinum-selling song “I Got the Boy.”  She released the new version of the Zoey 101 theme song “Follow Me” with Chantel Jefferies ahead of the upcoming highly anticipated Zoey 101 reboot. She will also be back to play the beloved character Noreen for season 2 on Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias in 2022.