There Was a Little Girl, Brooke Shields
There Was a Little Girl, Brooke Shields
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There Was a Little Girl
The Real Story of My Mother and Me

Author: Brooke Shields

Narrator: Brooke Shields

Unabridged: 12 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 11/18/2014


Synopsis

The perfect gift for Brooke Shields fans, There Was a Little Girl explores Brooke's relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in this extraordinary, heartfelt memoir that became a New York Times bestseller. 

Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was raised by her Newark-tough single mom, Teri, a woman who loved the world of show business and was often a media sensation all by herself. Brooke's iconic modeling career began by chance when she was only eleven months old, and Teri's skills as both Brooke's mother and her manager were formidable. But in private she was troubled and drank heavily.

As Brooke became an adult the pair made choices and sacrifices that would affect their relationship forever. And when Brooke’s own daughters were born she found that her experience as a mother was shaped in every way by the woman who raised her. But despite the many ups and downs, Brooke was by Teri’s side when she died in 2012, a loving daughter until the end.

Only Brooke knows the truth of the remarkable, difficult, complicated woman who was her mother. And now, in an honest, open memoir about her life growing up, Brooke will reveal stories and feelings that are relatable to anyone who has been a mother or daughter.

About The Author

Brooke Shields is an award-winning actress and a Princeton graduate with honors in French literature. She is known for her leading roles in such iconic films as Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon, and Endless Love. She is also a renowned model and starred in the long-running TV show Suddenly Susan and the critically acclaimed Lipstick Jungle. She wrote the New York Times bestseller Down Came the Rain and also penned two children's books. She lives in New York City with her husband, writer and producer Chris Henchy, and their two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 09, 2020

Brooke Shields: Purely Iconic Everyone saw the flawless photographs. Everyone watched her coming-of-age movies. Everyone followed the very public fallout with her mother. But not everyone knows the true her. When Terri Shields (Brooke's mother) dies, Brook sends in an obituary......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on December 08, 2014

I am not sure how others will interpret this book, but to me, it came across as a rough draft written by a person that was just spewing and needed to have an editor with a firm hand and a very red correction pen. Paragraphs rambled and repeated themselves, incorrect tense of words and in some cases,......more

Goodreads review by Howard on November 04, 2021

4 Stars for There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me (audiobook) by Brooke Shields read by the author. This was kind two biographies in one. The author tells the story of her relationship with her mother. For me, some of the details were surprising and some weren’t. I remember whe......more

Goodreads review by Shelley on February 01, 2025

Poorly written and edited, repetitive, and at times so vague as to be confusing. I think Shields didn't want to reveal too much about certain aspects of her life, which I can understand, but then either don't write a book or be a better writer so you can make it work anyway. And yet, I read the whole......more

Goodreads review by Alexa on August 14, 2021

Was watching a YouTube video on Pretty Baby and I thought "I wonder if Brooke Shields has done a memoir" and here we are! This one has an interesting and incredibly specific lens: Brooke and her mom. A view into an intense, co-dependent mother-daughter relationship with shades of "momager," alcoholi......more


Quotes

“Shields writes with considerable reflection; she's done the hard work of making sense of the contradictions in her mother, and now we get the benefit of her sharing what she's learned.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Shields writes vividly and humorously about her mother's life growing up in Depression-era Newark; her days as a flirtatious coat-check girl and her short-lived marriage to Brooke's father, Frank Shields, who came from aristocratic stock…. The book reads like a parent's heartfelt and exasperated lament—but the irony here is that her mother is the one behaving like the problem child.”—The Independent (London)
 
“A brutally frank recollection of Shields' career path, romances, marriages and entry into motherhood, but the basic thesis of the book is a deep examination of her intense relationship with her own mother, Teri Schmon Shields—a woman who molded Brooke's life, both personal and professional, for decades.”—Chicago Sun-Times
 
“An emotionally raw memoir.”—USA Today