Sally Field was the love of Burt Reynolds’ life — but she didn’t speak to him during his final 30 years

regret. Field never denied that he mattered, but she also refused to rewrite the past as a perfect love story.

That emotional contradiction is what makes their relationship so enduring. It was not a romance that lasted forever, yet it remained unforgettable to both of them.

He carried the memory as the love he believed he had lost. She carried it as continue reading …