Actress and author of the New York Times bestseller Down Came the Rain, Brooke Shields, explores her relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in her new memoir. 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 manager were formidable. But in private she was troubled and drinking 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.

Becoming a big sister is a big event! There's so much to share—and do—and celebrate! Beloved actress, author, and mother Brooke Shields paints a warm and loving picture of the joys of sisterhood in this merry book with exuberant artwork by the talented Cori Doerrfeld.

In a thought-provoking memoir, the actress speaks out candidly about her experience with crippling postpartum depressum, reflecting on her struggle with the debilitating condition, her use of talk therapy and medication to treat the problem, and its impact on her family, new baby, and friends. Simultaneous.

In a thought-provoking memoir, the actress speaks out candidly about her experience with crippling postpartum depression, reflecting on her struggle with the debilitating condition, her use of talk therapy and medication to treat the problem, and its impact on her family, new baby, and friends. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

The internationally famous model and actress combines advice on health and beauty with sometimes very personal information in a book of guidance for college and college-bound young women

Photographs by the world's great photographers combine with autobiographical information and Brooke's poetry, drawings, short stories, and scrapbook clippings to chronicle the life of the thirteen-year-old child-woman model and actress