A review by ninadisalvo
Changing by Liv Ullmann

5.0

I absolutely adore Liv Ullman and deeply enjoyed her autobiography, Changing. Abandoning the usual template of discussing oneself as character in a chronological series of life altering/shaping events, Liv takes us through memory through this book. Ullman has a eloquent, simple, pure way of transporting you into a time, space, and emotion that is both calming and curious. I found myself writing a copious amount of notes while reading her book, not necessarily takeaways/notes to self, but just quite literally quoting her. Her descriptors are so rich, meaningful, and beautiful. I loved that some 'chapters', snippets rather, were a single page, some three, others fifteen. It was poetic and kaleidoscopic and I want to keep this book on my shelf forever. I'm excited to read this on the beach again when I'm old, haha, this is one that I will certainly keep around/revisit.