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Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on ageing as a woman
Brooke Shields, Brooke Shields, Hachette Audio UK
3.89 AVERAGE
440 reviews for:
Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on ageing as a woman
Brooke Shields, Brooke Shields, Hachette Audio UK
3.89 AVERAGE
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I have never felt so SEEN.
I was not expecting the amount of candor and self-awareness I received. Especially from someone who also openly admits to having the help of a nanny and not being the family chef, etc.
Go ahead. Read the bad reviews if you must. But if you are 40-50 and starting to wonder "What the f?", this was quite refreshing. According to Brooke, that f is where our middle-aged confidence comes from and I will admit that has been my favorite aging thing so far!
I was not expecting the amount of candor and self-awareness I received. Especially from someone who also openly admits to having the help of a nanny and not being the family chef, etc.
Go ahead. Read the bad reviews if you must. But if you are 40-50 and starting to wonder "What the f?", this was quite refreshing. According to Brooke, that f is where our middle-aged confidence comes from and I will admit that has been my favorite aging thing so far!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage
Moderate: Sexual assault
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I don't grade memoirs in most cases and this is no exception. As a woman approaching the end of her 30s, I appreciate Brooke's message. But goodness, it is also hard to listen to advice about graceful aging from somebody who has access to resources most people can only dream of. (Also, memoir name dropping in general is a tiresome trope.)
I think there is a certain demographic that this book will appeal to more. But it sure is nice to know that there are advocates like Brooke Shields out there speaking up for women.
I think there is a certain demographic that this book will appeal to more. But it sure is nice to know that there are advocates like Brooke Shields out there speaking up for women.
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I’m so glad I read this. Thank you Oprah for adding it to your list!
When I was in grade school, I went to Catholic school even though my family wasn’t Catholic. It was the best private school my parents could afford for my brother and me, and they felt it was a safer environment than the public school where there were kids from our church were bullying me. And since we weren't Catholic, we only went to the school instead of the church. Every Monday, I was told Brooke Shields had been in attendance. I really wanted to go just once to see her just once.
She was my first near brush with celebrity and also was a VERY big deal in general during my childhood, and so she's always been someone on my radar. When this book came out, I was curious to read it. It was good. It was half memoir and half feminist manifesto.
I kind of wish she'd talked more about Andre Agassi. I have to admit that I fell for all the media misogyny back then making her the villain. I would've loved to know her side of the story. But I also understand this book was about the more mature years of her life and that was something done in her youth. It was probably also a painful part of her history (guessing). Obviously it was her choice whether to go there, and I respect that, personal feelings aside.
I also admit to assuming she got into Princeton just because she's Brooke Shields (as I did about Mira Sorvino and Natalie Portman going to Harvard and Jodie Foster going to Yale - do male celebrities go to college, by the way???). I take it back after reading this book - at least about Brooke Shields.
This book felt more like a letter to her daughters in some ways - wisdom to impart on them for their future selves. I found myself clapping, yessing, and nodding my head all along. There were a lot of things she said that resonated with me - being raised to be as invisible as possible and having to learn how to speak up for myself (loved the way she dressed down the anesthesiologist and the investor), post-menopause life (of course), the medical condescension, the happiness that settles in once fulfillment becomes the priority, and so much more.
Lots of gems too for people who want to know - like the Tom Cruise incident, how Bradley Cooper took her to the hospital, how she freaked out Matthew Perry, and how Barbara Walters betrayed feminism (ugh! I've always hated her for her ratings shenanigans) as examples. She also openly talks about what I consider medical assault by her gynecologist. I actually hope she sues him and gets his license revoked.
Anyway, worth reading. I wish her luck in her newest endeavors. I'll always be a fan.
When I was in grade school, I went to Catholic school even though my family wasn’t Catholic. It was the best private school my parents could afford for my brother and me, and they felt it was a safer environment than the public school where there were kids from our church were bullying me. And since we weren't Catholic, we only went to the school instead of the church. Every Monday, I was told Brooke Shields had been in attendance. I really wanted to go just once to see her just once.
She was my first near brush with celebrity and also was a VERY big deal in general during my childhood, and so she's always been someone on my radar. When this book came out, I was curious to read it. It was good. It was half memoir and half feminist manifesto.
I kind of wish she'd talked more about Andre Agassi. I have to admit that I fell for all the media misogyny back then making her the villain. I would've loved to know her side of the story. But I also understand this book was about the more mature years of her life and that was something done in her youth. It was probably also a painful part of her history (guessing). Obviously it was her choice whether to go there, and I respect that, personal feelings aside.
I also admit to assuming she got into Princeton just because she's Brooke Shields (as I did about Mira Sorvino and Natalie Portman going to Harvard and Jodie Foster going to Yale - do male celebrities go to college, by the way???). I take it back after reading this book - at least about Brooke Shields.
This book felt more like a letter to her daughters in some ways - wisdom to impart on them for their future selves. I found myself clapping, yessing, and nodding my head all along. There were a lot of things she said that resonated with me - being raised to be as invisible as possible and having to learn how to speak up for myself (loved the way she dressed down the anesthesiologist and the investor), post-menopause life (of course), the medical condescension, the happiness that settles in once fulfillment becomes the priority, and so much more.
Lots of gems too for people who want to know - like the Tom Cruise incident, how Bradley Cooper took her to the hospital, how she freaked out Matthew Perry, and how Barbara Walters betrayed feminism (ugh! I've always hated her for her ratings shenanigans) as examples. She also openly talks about what I consider medical assault by her gynecologist. I actually hope she sues him and gets his license revoked.
Anyway, worth reading. I wish her luck in her newest endeavors. I'll always be a fan.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced