by Brooke Shields
Flatiron Books, 2025. 240 pages. Memoir
Brooke Shields has spent a lifetime in the public eye. Growing up as a child actor and model, her every feature was scrutinized, her every decision judged. Today Brooke faces a different kind of scrutiny: that of being a “woman of a certain age.” And yet, for Brooke, the passage of time has brought freedom. At fifty-nine, she feels more comfortable in her skin, more empowered and confident than she did decades ago in those famous Calvin Kleins. Now, in Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, she’s changing the narrative about women and aging.
Combining personal anecdotes with scientific research, Shields covers topics like menopause, aging, parenting adult children, and owning your voice in middle age. She’s self-aware, frequently acknowledging her many privileges just when, as a reader, you might be tempted to write off her advice as out-of-touch. Her writing is especially insightful as she explores the dichotomy between how middle age is depicted in pop culture (forgotten, unhappy) and how she’s actually experiencing it (empowered, enriching). This is an approachable memoir, and Shield’s thoughts are likely to especially resonate with women in or nearing midlife.
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by Naomi Watts
Crown, 2025. 232 pages. Nonfiction.
Beloved actress Naomi Watts opens up about the challenges she faced upon reaching early menopause in this empowering, fun, and practical guide to menopause and aging, all based on the latest advice from hormone experts, doctors, and nutritionists
By Nora Ephron
Knopf, 2006. 137 pages. Nonfiction
With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent. But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as an older woman. Utterly courageous, uproariously funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a scrumptious, irresistible treat of a book, full of truths, laugh out loud moments that will appeal to readers of all ages.
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