Blessed Life, Kim Fields
Blessed Life, Kim Fields
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Blessed Life
My Surprising Journey of Joy, Tears, and Tales from Harlem to Hollywood

Author: Kim Fields, Todd Gold

Narrator: Kim Fields

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Faith Words

Published: 11/14/2017


Synopsis

From "Facts of Life" to "Living Single" to "Dancing with the Stars" to wife and mom, here's the Blessed Life of Kim Fields, veteran actress, TV personality, and star.

Kim Fields has lived most of her life with people thinking they know her, which is understandable. From her first job on a Mrs. Butterworth syrup commercial at age 7, she has spent 40 years in the public eye. There were 9 years as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on the classic sitcom The Facts of Life, 5 more in her 20s starring as Regine Hunter on the seminal coming-of-age show Living Single, and most recently appearing as herself on Real Housewives of Atlanta and Dancing with the Stars.

Behind the camera, she has directed episodes of Kenan & Kel, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns and House of Payne, and BET's Let's Stay Together. Between gigs, the pop culture icon's life has included theater, spoken word, music, speaking engagements, and simply being present to the point that she cannot go a day without someone stopping her to say, "When I was a kid, I wanted to be Tootie" or "You were my role model."

Flattered and blessed, after four decades in the business, Kim finally understands the role she has played onscreen and off as a successful, outspoken African-American woman. However, for as much as she's been in the public eye, people have really never known her the way they think they have, and that's because she, herself, spent most of her life figuring herself out. Now, at age 48, she is ready to set the record straight. She says, "It's not that I've been misunderstood. It's that I finally feel like I understand me enough to tell the life story that I've been asked to write for years." It will be a chronicle of living, learning, and keen moments of self-discovery as she's journeyed through the many facets and chapters of life. Fields found faith at age 14 and has found God to be right there every step of the way since then.

About Kim Fields

Kim Fields had her first job at age seven on the Mrs. Butterworth syrup commercial. Behind the camera, she directed episodes of Kenan & Kel, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and House of Payne, and BET’s Let’s Stay Together. Between gigs her life has included theater, spoken word, music, and speaking engagements. She is a dedicated wife and proud mom of two boys.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mrs Tupac on July 12, 2020

4 in half stars ⭐️ 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️/ Kim Fields is boring but in a good way she’s always played it safe. I’ve always admired how grounded Kim Fields was she didn’t let the fame make her dysfunctional sadly like the rest =( . And when she did mama Chip nipped that in the butt. The only role I semi liked her i......more

Goodreads review by Jay on September 24, 2023

Nice to know her story. I always feel it takes a lot to be comfortable telling your story......more

Goodreads review by Reader66 on November 22, 2018

This book was part autobiography, part inspirational self help resource, and both were handled fairly superficially. (A 40 year career is covered in 215 pages, inclusive of front matter, acknowledgements, etc.) As an example, the chapter on RHOA was written in such vague terms (this, despite signifi......more

Goodreads review by Mary Jackson on December 14, 2017

Kim, gets personal and shares with us about her Blessed Life in this intimate and personal memoir. We all loved Kim in the Facts of Life and then in Living Single and she went on to be one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta and appeared on Dancing with the Stars. Just to name a few. She gets down and......more

Goodreads review by Alicia (PrettyBrownEyeReader) on January 05, 2018

Listened to this audio book. It was very good to hear Kim Fields read her own words. She shares her family history and life lessons.......more