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I loved convincing people that Brooke Shields was my cousin growing up, as my maiden name is Shields. ☺️ I love listening to memoirs read by the author. While I don't agree with everything she believes, I appreciated her honesty & transparency.

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As a kid in the late 70s and 80s, I envied Brooke‘s beauty, but I also was a fan. I still am! She‘s only 6 years older than me, so I was really interested to hear her take on aging and menopause, and of course, learning tidbits about her life. Brooke does acknowledge her privilege, but there‘s still some great advice/views/ideas that resonated with me. Though I don‘t have to age in the spotlight, I‘m glad I read this, and 👇🏻

I enjoyed doing my last review in haiku, so here I go again...

A well-known actress
talks about aging from a
unique perspective

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I was in the midst of this book where she speaks about advocating for herself with doctors which is exactly what I was doing.

A lot of it was self reflections that sounded like they could have been journal entries. There were some interesting bits, but mostly I was bored.

I really enjoyed aspects of this & I think increasing the conversation about perimenopause, women aging, etc. is so important. But I think Shields is still coming from an extreme place of privilege. She acknowledges this & I absolutely don‘t fault her for it, but I think many women won‘t quite be able to relate. Yes, we are watching our bodies change, but most of us do not have her resources or have to face the public gaze like she does. Continued

My favorite thing about my 3x3 grid is mapping out the back side of my #indexcard stack to determine who gets the tag. Brooke, turns out this one is for you!

5* = Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

When I grew up Brooke Shields was America‘s Princess, and I monitored her life through my Seventeen magazines so much that I‘ve been hard-pressed for 40+ years to ignore sightings of her. This is a good and humorous read of a woman who‘s evaluated her life in her 50‘s and realized life lessons for herself on aging, career, marriage, empty-nesting, friendships, health, and more. The mishaps in her hospital procedures are 😳

Since I worked yesterday, today is the first day of my three day weekend. The plan is to stay in as much as possible because it is ridiculously cold outside. The current 'feel like' temp here is -27°. And tomorrow is supposed to be even colder?.
I'm also starting another non-fiction. This time it's Brooke Shields' new book.

Nice book haul today!! Not sure which one to read first 😃 #tbr #grammaslibrary

Just listened to her interview on Morning Joe and pre-ordered this one.

#TBR