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ramenspirit's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Abortion
Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Rape
ebj3788's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Grief
Minor: Death, Abortion, and Abandonment
hope2023's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Sally’s memoir is the most personal of this genre that I’ve read. She takes the reader on a journey through her childhood and beyond as she tries to put together the pieces of her life along with that of her mother and grandmother. Through this exploration, she wishes to come to terms with the unhealthy patterns she developed along the way. In her acting career she finds a freedom that she doesn’t have in her real life and an outlet to heal. I found her story to be heartbreaking and inspirational.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Abortion
Minor: Alcoholism and Rape
susannaleslieprins's review against another edition
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4.0
First I should start by saying that, as an actress, I love Sally Field.
There aren't a lot of actors that move me the way she does. I grew up on her movies and in the last decade, the show Brothers and Sisters (admittedly it's not a great show on its own but dazzles every time Sally Field graces us in a scene). I wonder all the time how someone so petite could have such a large emotional presence. She's the real deal.
Sally is also so much more than a celebrity. She's made up of so many layers that, once peeled back, reveal an incredibly complex and recovering person. Sally's story is really devastating. The level of detail in this book around her trauma brought up painful feelings for me and I sobbed my way through it's final chapter. It was a hard read that really humanized the actor-Sally I knew and I appreciated her vulnerability and humility as she shared. Sally's story is also inspiring and I hope it was a cathartic and healing process for her to share parts of it with us. ❤
There aren't a lot of actors that move me the way she does. I grew up on her movies and in the last decade, the show Brothers and Sisters (admittedly it's not a great show on its own but dazzles every time Sally Field graces us in a scene). I wonder all the time how someone so petite could have such a large emotional presence. She's the real deal.
Sally is also so much more than a celebrity. She's made up of so many layers that, once peeled back, reveal an incredibly complex and recovering person. Sally's story is really devastating. The level of detail in this book around her trauma brought up painful feelings for me and I sobbed my way through it's final chapter. It was a hard read that really humanized the actor-Sally I knew and I appreciated her vulnerability and humility as she shared. Sally's story is also inspiring and I hope it was a cathartic and healing process for her to share parts of it with us. ❤
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abortion
Moderate: Alcoholism
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