New York Times Book Review: Sally Field’s memoir, “In Pieces,” reveals that due to childhood trauma she has “distinct and sometimes conflicting identities”

The New York Times review of In Pieces, the bestselling memoir by multiple Emmy- and Oscar-winning actress, Sally Field, says this:

“The events [sexual abuse] of Field’s childhood seemed to fragment her personality into distinct and sometimes conflicting identities—the ‘pieces’ of the book’s title—and shaped how she navigated both her romantic relationships and her career, as she rose from teenage star…to her Emmy-winning role as a woman with multiple personality disorder in ‘Sybil’…” (1).

The title and content of this memoir would seem to imply that one reason Sally Field is such a good actress, and was so good in Sybil, is that she, herself, has a creative, high-functioning version of multiple personality. However, The New York Times Book Review does not recognize the relationship between multiple personality and creativity.

1. Sean Smith. “Behind the Act.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/books/review/sally-field-in-pieces.html