There Was a Little Girl Book Reviews

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Book was so-so...not terribly interesting.. Terri Shields was incredibly fortunate/lucky in her life..she hardly worked a day in her adult life and amassed a good fortune in real estate. She had a responsible and obedient daughter. While, it's a shame she was so inebriated during her life...most of us could only wish to have at least 1/2 of what she enjoyed and was privilidged to to experience during her life. I found the book to be a so-so read. Perhaps it would of been a better read if the authors account of her relationship with her mother was not as "sanitized".

There was a little girl. This book was a really great light read! I'm from the Brooke Shields generation and loved the inside look at her life. I had a hard time putting this book down!

So so sad. I wish I never read this memoir, it is so depressing. There is nothing at all uplifting about it. Throughout, Ms. Shields gives the reader every reason to despise her mother yet insists she loves her. Why aren’t the photos of her that were taken by photographer Gary Gross when she was 10 years old even alluded to in her book? Ms. Shield’s mom ensured that her daughter had recognition. Good for her.

Thanks Brooke. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I too am an ACOA, and the similarities are shocking. Also very comforting. I cried at the end of the book out of sadness--for you and your Mom, for me and my Mom, for all ACOA's .... Thanks again for sharing.

There was a Little Girl. I hadn't read her previous books so was surprised by the depressing nature of 99% of this one. As a child of an alcoholic parent, I sympathize with Brooke Shields. But I don't need to read about her mother's situation over and over and over. And over. She made this the platform of her story in this book but everything she shared seemed equally as dim. I admire Brooke for her perseverance but this but was just plain unpleasant all the way through.

Beautiful. A beautiful story though heart wrenching at times. Honest. May Teri rest in peace!

Brooke. Her story was told well. Although she was a child of an alcoholic mom, her moms love did her well. This book was an interesting read.

There Was A Girl. Brooke reveals a dimension of her life that will help others to understand the complicated times that are experienced with the loss of a mother. I am sure that her loss was intensified by their one on one relationship (being her only living child) and because her mother was also her agent. She also had the "what could have been" loss because of her mother's relentless alcoholism. The emotions she expresses will give others comfort and an understanding of how difficult it is to live with an alcoholic family member.

Good!. Really liked this book! It was very well written and very poignant.. I didn't know Brooke Shields could write so well and was so eloquent. A fascinating look at the complexities of mother-daughters relationship. I read it in one day..couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it.

Disappointed. Depressing subject matter does not need to become a depressing book. In the book, her mother was alcoholic, depressed and driven by insecurities. Surprisingly, towards the end, I did not have a vested interest (nor hope) in finishing the book AND thinking that my time was well spent. But, I finished it anyway. It was dreary, plodding and ultimately begging a lot of questions. Brooke spent too much time explaining, justifying and rationalizing and far too little time in connecting and discussing some of the important dots that she peppered throughout the book. I'm still a fan, but very disappointed in this book.

There Was a Little Girl. Loved the book which made me laugh and cry. A gamut of emotion. The author achieved her goal, the defense of her mother in a respectful yet non embellished fashion. It is hard to see those especially our parents as they really are even harder to put a private struggle out for public consumption. Kudos to Brooke taking the emotional journey into the past and surviving.

There was a little girl. All I can say is Thank you Brooke. That was beautiful.

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