There Was a Little Girl

Neither Brooke Shields nor the life she's led has ever been considered ordinary. Her parents divorced when she was five months old and she was primarily raised by her Newark-tough, larger-than-life mother. Brooke began modeling at the ripe old age of eleven months. This launched a career that made Brooke the most famous and recognizable child, and then teen, of her generation. All this success came with her mother at the helm. Only Brooke knows the truth of the remarkable, difficult, and complicated woman who was her mother. And now, in an honest, open memoir about Brooke's life and this layered relationship, she will share the story of her journey. Although played out in the public eye, these are experiences and feelings relatable to anyone who has ever had a mother.