Millie Bird, seven-years-old and ever hopeful, always wears red gumboots to match her curly hair. Her struggling mother, grieving the death of Millie\"s father, leaves her in the big ladies\" underwear department of a local store and never returns....

The actress and author of the New York Times bestseller Down Came the Rain, Brooke Shields, explores her relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in her new memoir Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life....