Brooke Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, model. She made many films including The Blue Lagoon (1980), Endless Love (1981).
In 1983, Shields abandoned her career to attend University, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in French literature. In the 1990s, Shields starred in the sitcom Suddenly Susan. Her new book js entitled "There Was a Little Girl.' Shields writes in her book that, when her mother became pregnant, her grandfather told her mother that an out-of-wedlock birth could harm her father’s social standing. Her grandfather even gave her mother money for the abortion. However, instead of visiting an abortionist, her mother used the money to buy a coffee table.
Shields explains that the table became a favorite of hers, and she used it to pull herself up as a toddler.
She writes, “The table saved my life and helped me to stand.”
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