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Brooke Shields Tell-All

pommom — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:29:26 GMT

Has anyone read this book? Good? Not so good?

She's been doing the talk show junket and I'm on the fence about spending money on it.

My library has 93 holds - HA! No thanks.

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wildcat fan — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:51:23 GMT

I've thought about ordering it, too. There are lots of positive reviews at Amazon's website. 56 out of 87 gave it 4 or 5 stars. 7 gave it one star. You may want to go read some of those reviews. At 416 pages, there must be lots of details. The Kindle version is $10.99 (about $5 less than hardcover), so that's the version I'll get if I decide to purchase.

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colliemom4 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:55:00 GMT

I haven't read the book but I do like her.

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ahoymate — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:57:14 GMT

"Tell All"? What's to tell about Brooke Shields? I mean, who really cares?

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wildcat fan — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:03:19 GMT

Seems like the negative Amazon reviews mention that she spends more time focusing on her mom than herself. Since it's subtitled "The Real Story of My Mother and Me," I guess one should expect it to spend quite a bit of time focusing on her mom and her relationship with her mom, though. One review thought it needed better photos, and another thought it needed to be more authentic--like she's holding back compared to how she openly/deeply discussed post partum depression.

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Lucky Charm — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:07:26 GMT

Is her mother still alive?

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wildcat fan — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:09:08 GMT

On 12/7/2014 Lucky charm said:
Is her mother still alive?

No, she passed in 2012.

ETA: I've read that Brooke was at her side when she died.

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colliemom4 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:12:00 GMT

Both her parents have passed on.

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hckynut — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:58:59 GMT

Not interested in books written by celebs.

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brewhaha — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:22:22 GMT

I am shielding my brain from her booke.

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Pqfan — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:24:30 GMT

I saw her on tv talking about some of her s ecks life. Yawn...

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June Lands — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:39:02 GMT

Be patient....in a few months all the books end up at GoodWill....you can buy for cheap!

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NoelSeven — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:45:01 GMT

I read about the book, a fairly lengthy article in People, at my hair salon. From what I read, it's poignant. I'd read it on a rainy afternoon.

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 03:06:47 GMT

So not interested in her or her book.

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AnikaBrodie — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 03:11:27 GMT

If someone gave me a copy for Christmas I'd read it after Jan. 1. I'm booked up til then.

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Jersey Born — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 03:23:29 GMT

I would consider reading it, and didn't even know the book existed until just now, reading this post, but I have so many other books I would like to read first. I am currently reading Measure of a Man by Martin Greenfield, and it is so extraordinarily intense. This man witnessed and lived through a period of evil to the extreme, and he survived and thrived in spite of it all. It is quite an impactful auto-biography.