“Who has lived a life like hers?” With these expressive words, critics greeted Choices, the book by Liv Ullmann, the Norwegian actress, director, and writer whose relationship with the renowned Swedish director Ingmar Bergman is perhaps the most famous in the world of cinema. Liv Ullmann and Bergman created a certain kind of late 20th-century cultural charisma, a seductive aesthetic ideal in its blend of high seriousness and exquisite love. This autobiography differs from the usual autobiographies in that it takes us on a journey to explore Liv’s emotional life, thus obliquely depicting her development. There are many fascinating insights into the “meaning of life” as Liv throws herself into a crucial attempt to find solutions to the refugee problems raging around the world, while raising a teenage daughter, and searching for love in her own life. She has been able to delve into the true meaning of love and is learning to embrace it fully. She is clearly an intelligent woman, although she admits to focusing more on feelings than facts or ideas. Ullmann describes in quiet detail her work, her travels, and her relationship with her teenage daughter, Lin, who blossoms from a sullen child into a young woman. She describes in detail her most important love affair with a man she calls "Abel," who moves in to be with her, but his love for her is not enough. She describes her work in the theater. Finally, the forty-year-old Ullmann reflects on life, the time that has passed, and the people she cares for. "A beautiful writer, a very emotional woman... very sensitive and inspiring." The New York Times. "Liv Ullmann is one of the greatest actors the world has ever known and a very accomplished director, and she has written with a profound sensitivity that is completely unmatched." The Washington Post