Good grief, Brooke Shields has so many projects going on, it exhausts me just to list them all off! Just this calendar year, she became the newly minted president of the Actors’ Equity union, starred in a Netflix movie in May, sat on a SXSW panel with Duchess Meghan for International Women’s Day, and launched her health & wellness site Commence designed for women over 40. When does she find the time to eat the medically-mandated potato chips?!?! As if all this weren’t enough and then some, Brooke has just revealed the release date (January 14, 2025) and cover for her new book, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old. People Mag got exclusive dibs on the reveal:
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover for Shields’ new book, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, forthcoming from Flatiron Books early next year. The book is an “intimate and empowering exploration of aging” that presents a new way for women to view getting older, per its official description.
Shields, 59, has been in the public eye since she was a child star, and the actress and entrepreneur often felt “scrutinized” and “judged” while in the spotlight. As she’s gotten older, Shields says she has learned that time can provide a new sense of freedom and independence, with her feeling “more comfortable, more empowered and confident” in this new era of life.
In Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, the Mother of the Bride star puts forth her view that women in midlife have the opportunity to decide their own lives and stories. Weaving together elements of research and reporting, Shields analyzes age-related bias and provides an optimistic look at getting older.
Shields is also the author of the New York Times bestselling books Down Came the Rain, a memoir of her experience with postpartum depression, and There Was a Little Girl, about her relationship with her mother, Teri, who died in 2012. In addition to her writing and acting, Shields is the CEO of Commence, a hair care company that also furthers her mission about embracing life’s next steps.
“I hope this book can help start a conversation that benefits us collectively,” Shields says in a statement shared with PEOPLE. “Midlife can be the prime of life — it’s filled with so many more possibilities than we’ve been led to believe. I have loved the process of writing this book, and I can’t wait to share it with readers.”
You know what? I hope my will-be-upon-me-before-I-know-it midlife really is the prime of my life. And I’ll be happy if I build up to even half of Brooke’s energy! At the very least, I’ve gotten a jump start on the Crocs-wearing (and other varieties of plastic sandals; I swear I really am stylish!). As a close follower of Brooke’s ventures, I was surprised by People describing her company Commence as a “hair care” line. I knew Commence had launched hair care products in June, but I thought that was supposed to be the first rollout of a larger platform for women’s health & wellness? Did a competitive brand that rhymes with Moop sabotage Commence before it even, well, commenced? No, no, that’s crazy and I’m just jesting. I’M JUST JESTING. In any event, Brooke put in a lot of work and research into launching Commence, dating back to when it was called Beginning Is Now (neither title is great imho). And it sounds like whatever wisdom she amassed beyond hair care that got chopped from Commence will now be featured in this book. I’m looking forward to this read, and to the eleventy other projects she announces between now and its release.
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I like Brooke. She turned insane upbringing around and is now thriving. The topic of the book speaks to me, so looking forward to it.
Kind of over celebs writing books about aging. None of them tell the truth, which is that their secret is having a lot of money to access the best dermatologist and plastic surgeons.
FWIW, Shields doesn’t look like she’s had plastic surgery.