She always seemed so together.”Reading “In Pieces” and seeing the full breadth of his mother’s life had given him a greater appreciation for her, he said. Though the frankness of “In Pieces” might resonate in a #MeToo era, Ms. Field was reluctant to offer up her book as a paradigm for others who might want to disclose their survival narratives. Image“People should tell whatever story they want to tell,” she said. “This is just my story and it happened the way it happened.” Outrage at the abuses that others have suffered is warranted, she said, but it “is the first part of it, it’s not the fix. Outrage has to come first and it can’t just be quieted and go away.”

Source: New York Times September 11, 2018 09:00 UTC