Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old

The Library of Congress will host multi-award winner Brooke Shields to discuss her forthcoming book, “Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old.” Visitors are invited to attend the conversation event at 12 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in the Coolidge Auditorium. Norah O’Donnell of CBS News will moderate.

There will be a book signing in the Whittall Pavilion following the conversation. Free tickets can be obtained at loc.gov/events.

Shields is the bestselling author of several books, including “The Brooke Book,” “On Your Own,” and the critically acclaimed “Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression.” She tapped into her experiences as a mother, successfully branching out into the world of children’s books, penning “Welcome To Your World, Baby” and “It’s the Best Day Ever, Dad!” for HarperCollins. Her most recent book from 2014, “There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me,” quickly became a New York Times bestseller.

Her upcoming book, “Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old,” explores the humility and power of aging. Blending personal narrative and guidebook, Shields hopes to flip our popular beliefs about aging by lifting the voices of experts and everyday women who find this era of life a period for self-discovery, energy and opportunity.

Actress, model, author and entrepreneur, Shields began her accomplished professional career at only 11 months of age when she was selected as the Ivory Snow Baby, and by age 3 was a runway model. At age 9, Shields began her extensive film career when she won her first acting role in “Alice Sweet Alice” and rapidly gained fame after starring in Louis Malle’s “Pretty Baby,” the Palme D’or Award winner at the Cannes Film Festival, and the coming-of-age tales “Blue Lagoon” and “Endless Love.” She was recently honored as one of Glamour’s Women of the Year for 2023. As a model, she has graced the covers of hundreds of magazines, most notably Time Magazine as the “Face of the Eighties.” Today, Shields continues her prolific appearances in a broad range of worldwide publications, decades after it all began.

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