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442 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
442 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
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
I loved this book! It made me laugh, yes, but mostly it pissed me off! She gives so many examples of times in her life when she has been discriminated against, disregarded, mistreated and even experienced medical malpractice it’s infuriating… but when you consider how many million other women experienced the very same things? It’s quite heartbreaking.
It’s actually much more than that though. It’s a celebration of midlife and of the female experience despite all of the many obstacles that have been put in our way.
I especially loved that this was an audiobook and I got to hear Brooke’s stories in her own voice. Thank you Brooke for speaking so eloquently for our generation of women.
And thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy!
It’s actually much more than that though. It’s a celebration of midlife and of the female experience despite all of the many obstacles that have been put in our way.
I especially loved that this was an audiobook and I got to hear Brooke’s stories in her own voice. Thank you Brooke for speaking so eloquently for our generation of women.
And thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy!
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Encouraging read. Definitely feel like women thrive after 40-50 bc you stop being dragged down by society. Was an interesting read to hear someone with such a bizarre background, thrust into Hollywood in such a toxic way as she was.
Audiobook pet peeve: she mispronounces ‘affect’ every time it’s used as a verb (says ‘aff-ect’ instead of ‘uh-fect’)
Audiobook pet peeve: she mispronounces ‘affect’ every time it’s used as a verb (says ‘aff-ect’ instead of ‘uh-fect’)
Overall - was positive. Some of the anecdotes reinforced to me the ways that younger generations (especially gen Z) are freeing themselves from some of the everyday pressures and struggles than women of gen x/boomers were facing culturally.
Like instead of being polite to men being inappropriate/assholes/predatory/judging, gen z might just go ‘eww’ or say ‘are you okay’ and dismiss the loser as not worth their time.
Also re: enjoying your ‘nice’ clothes. We don’t get hung up on the nice stuff like our boomer parents (the china you can’t touch, furniture you can’t sit on, etc). Only live once, use it! No space for extra clutter anyway
Anyway was light read
funny
informative
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Too busy other things read loan was due
informative
slow-paced
Brooke is interesting while she talks about her life and her history. A bit long winded at times, but certain topics are very interesting.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced