'Abuse from my alcoholic mother created a long-lasting impact': Brooke Shields, 49, recalls troubled childhood in new memoir
She shot to fame with a provocative Calvin Klein ad campaign in the seventies and starring roles in the films The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love in the eighties.
Yet behind the glitz and glamour that accompanied her celebrity, Brooke Shields recalls a childhood that was overshadowed by her mother's dependency on alcohol.
In an excerpt of her upcoming memoir There Was A Little Girl, which was published in Closer Weekly, the 49-year-old has turned the spotlight on her relationship with her mother Teri Shields, who passed away at the age of 79 in 2012.
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Catharsis: Brooke Shields - pictured with her mother Teri Shields in 2007 - recalled her relationship with her mom-turned-manager in her upcoming memoir There Was A Little Girl
'I felt abandoned by her,' the stunning actress wrote. 'My unhappiness was rooted in my mother's inability to stop drinking.'
The future star was not even a year old when she first went in front of the camera, modelling for Ivory Soap at just 11 months old.
Teri assumed the role of her manager, and Brooke's unconventional childhood was marked by modelling jobs for big-name brands that included Band-Aids and Colgate.
'I felt abandoned by her': Brooke - pictured on Tuesday in New York City - didn't shy away from detailing her mother's dependency to her alcohol, and how her addiction affected her childhood
'While other kids were involved in playdates, I was shooting for various catalogs,' the mother-of-two remembered in her memoir.
Brooke then nabbed a number of high-profile roles, including a spot on a Calvin Klein commercial, where she posed as a young teenager in the blue jeans.
The actress delved into the details of her relationship with her mother, writing: 'My particular abuse was much more subtle and created a longer-lasting impact. Because every time Mom drank, she left me.'
Leading lady: Brooke was just a teenager when she nabbed the lead role in the film The Blue Lagoon
Though even with her mother's dependency, Brooke wrote she managed to 'justify' the situation.
She added: 'But as long as I wasn't hurt and she was accounted for and alive, I could justify that everything was all right.'
A then 29-year-old Brooke confessed to the New York Times in 1994: 'I grew up in an alcoholic household.'
Nothing comes between her and her Calvins: Shields went on to star in adverts for Calvin Klein where she famously announced that 'nothing' came between her and the blue jeans
Big in the eighties too: Modeling aerobics gear with socks and big hair in 1983
It would only be a year later that Brooke would ultimately end her professional relationship with her mother, terminating her role as manager.
'Brooke lived like a puppet...Teri was a control freak - she had an opinion about everything,' a source shared with the weekly entertainment magazine.
She started modeling as a child: In 1978 posing in a little white outfit
In 2012 Brooke addressed letting go of her mother to The Hollywood Reporter: 'I had to leave her because of her addiction. If I had a manager now, they wouldn’t last five minutes if they were an alcoholic...It was long overdue. I needed to grab the reins and make my own mistakes.'
A source added with the weekly publication: 'Brooke wanted to relieve herself of her demons...It's been two years since Brooke lost her mom, and she wanted to write this as a form of therapy.'
Brooke's latest memoir will hit shelves on November 18.
Brooke last starred on the TV shows Creative Galaxy and Mr Pickles.
'I can't believe it's done': The mother-of-two shared a snap of herself earlier in October hugging a number of her books
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