If you need any more evidence that Sally Field has had an extraordinary career, just try to think of another actress who could go from playing a flying nun on a silly sitcom to earning two Oscars as best lead actress. Now, Field, who has delivered outstanding performances ranging from her Emmy-winning turn in “Sybil” (1976) to her Oscar-nominated supporting role as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Lincoln” (2012), has written about her life and work in a new memoir, “In Pieces.”
Field will be in the Portland area Nov. 16 to talk about the book and her life. For fans who know Field as the star of such fluffy ’60s TV series as “Gidget” and “The Flying Nun,” as well as her Oscar-winning roles in “Norma Rae” (1979) and “Places in the Heart” (1984), her memoir promises to tell a much more complicated story.
As Field said in an NPR interview with “All Things Considered” host, Ari Shapiro, writing “In Pieces” was challenging, but it was also something she felt she had to do.
“I wrote it for myself,” Field told Shapiro. “I didn’t know whether I’d ever have the guts to publish it.”
