Review on Pieces Sally Field Author by Donna Lewis

There are only about 20 pages in this 400 page book that mention Burt Reynolds, but that's what I remember most his reaction to "depressing" remarks. from the past, Sally Field tried to get through to him: he grabbed his stomach, then removed two fingers and pretended to throw up. Unfortunately, that's how I reacted to this whole whining book. All 400 pages sound like they were recorded as Fields lay on the couch and confessed her darkest moments to a very patient therapist - many made up and fake. I didn't have that kind of patience at all, but I read this book to the end on Christmas Day. If Sally Field was around I would beat her up... She doesn't appreciate at all what was a big influence on her and those who gave her good advice and help. In particular, her stepfather, Jacques O'Mahony, a college-educated Marine Corps veteran who was quite successful after the war and into the early '60s when he doubled for famous Hollywood heroes, did movie stunts the "old way." and starred in various westerns. and twice as Tarzan. Though he gives Field some of her best advice and guidance (he knew everyone in Hollywood by the time Field made her way into auditions and short-lived television series), she ridicules him throughout the book and makes accusations that just don't hold up. 50 years later on the wall. Her patient mother (who has also acted in films) was by Field's every step, packing her bags and flying to her whenever the trauma of various film troubles passed. filled the fields. But everything Field says about her mother seems negative... I bought this book to learn more about the relationship between the recently deceased Burt Reynolds and Field, as I'm not very interested in Field's roles. How disappointed was I to find out that she barely mentioned the fact that she was dating Hollywood's highest-grossing actor and instead complained about every aspect of him and that he didn't want to attend all the crazy award shows or give her crazy support at times Selection. TV show. and movies. Then, like O'Mahony, Reynolds would simply disappear from the book. That sounds fake to me. The high point of Field's life was dating Reynolds, but all she could do was complain that she fed him meals and walked his dog. You are joking. Here's an example: Field convinces Reynolds to go with her to a big screening of one of the TV shows she filmed, and she's still sitting between Reynolds and Paul Newman, complaining all night about her imaginary beefs from her past. …. Truth? It's the least of the crimes committed by this spoiled, self-absorbed actress in her decades of shady work in Hollywood. She left her children to her mother, sister, housekeepers, ran after man after man and film after film. Was it worth it? In the book, it seems that despite the love of her mother, siblings, and O'Mahony, Field cannot get over her fragmented early childhood. It's getting old... The whole book sounds wrong. How can someone who has a loving family and all the attention they receive be so unhappy? I do not understand…