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This book left me breathless. I gasped in horror and awe, in joy and sorrow. Edith Eger’s story is deeply moving—she is truly a remarkable woman. In her memoir, she recounts her harrowing experience as a prisoner in Auschwitz. She endured immense loss: the loss of her mother, her father, her first love, and her childhood. Yet, amidst such unimaginable grief, she held on to a piece of wisdom her mother shared with her: “We don’t know where we are going. We don’t know what is going to happen. But no one can take away from you what you put in your own mind.”
After her liberation, Dr. Eger went on to become a therapist, and her mother’s words became the foundation of her therapeutic practice. She believed that anyone could become a prisoner of their own mind, and she devoted her professional life to guiding others out of that darkness and into freedom.
There are many things I will be taking forward with me from this book, but I’ll leave you with this powerful quote:
“To be passive is to let others decide for you. To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself. And to trust that there is enough, that you are enough.”
After her liberation, Dr. Eger went on to become a therapist, and her mother’s words became the foundation of her therapeutic practice. She believed that anyone could become a prisoner of their own mind, and she devoted her professional life to guiding others out of that darkness and into freedom.
There are many things I will be taking forward with me from this book, but I’ll leave you with this powerful quote:
“To be passive is to let others decide for you. To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself. And to trust that there is enough, that you are enough.”
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Es una aventuras leer este libro y a través de sus palabras conocer la vida de Edith
Emotional, raw, uplifting and inspiring, all in an amazing mixture.
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PS. I read the Swedish translation of this book - Att välja.
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PS. I read the Swedish translation of this book - Att välja.
I was convinced that I had read too many holocaust books to ever again REALLY be affected by one. But like [b:Night|1617|Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)|Elie Wiesel|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575073611l/1617._SY75_.jpg|265616] this account of the author’s time at Auschwitz took my breath away, made me cry and will leave a permanent impression on me.
I was forewarned that not the whole book is about her survival of Auschwitz and that parts of the book are about her life as a psychologist treating patients who also have to deal with grief, healing and choices.
I think the first half of the book was an absolute 5 star read and although I was not as captivated by the 2nd half I could see why the author included these sections.
We always read about the horrors of WW2 but almost never about what life is like once you survived the unimaginable.
How you need to pickup the pieces of this new life that has no resemblance to your old one, how for years afterwards you still suffer from PTSD, how you try to hide and suppress your past just so you can stand up straight in the present.
The author also met and became friends with Viktor Frankl, the author of [b:Man's Search for Meaning|4069|Man's Search for Meaning|Viktor E. Frankl|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1535419394l/4069._SY75_.jpg|3389674] and her commentary on his work and the impact he had on her process of healing was very interesting to read about.
This is a book that requires you to slow down and really absorb what is being said. It was worth every minute of my time.
I was forewarned that not the whole book is about her survival of Auschwitz and that parts of the book are about her life as a psychologist treating patients who also have to deal with grief, healing and choices.
I think the first half of the book was an absolute 5 star read and although I was not as captivated by the 2nd half I could see why the author included these sections.
We always read about the horrors of WW2 but almost never about what life is like once you survived the unimaginable.
How you need to pickup the pieces of this new life that has no resemblance to your old one, how for years afterwards you still suffer from PTSD, how you try to hide and suppress your past just so you can stand up straight in the present.
The author also met and became friends with Viktor Frankl, the author of [b:Man's Search for Meaning|4069|Man's Search for Meaning|Viktor E. Frankl|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1535419394l/4069._SY75_.jpg|3389674] and her commentary on his work and the impact he had on her process of healing was very interesting to read about.
This is a book that requires you to slow down and really absorb what is being said. It was worth every minute of my time.
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This is not a book you just breeze through. The beginning where Dr. Eger tells her story of being in Auschwitz, the terror, the horror and the atrocities that occurred there as well as the resilience of her fellow prisoners and the strength that her sister and her shared to get each other through was intense. It was hard. It still haunts me the cruelty that humans are capable of. Yet it also reminds me to not stay silent when I see oppression so this never happens again.
After her survival from the camps and her escape to the USA, while Dr. Eger struggles to once again survive she shares her thoughts, her ways of coping and ultimately how to embrace your choices. Every moment is a choice and what you choose to do with it is up to you.
If you don't think you could handle reading the beginning of this book I understand. My wife struggles with it, she had survivors in her family and we have been through a lot of trauma ourselves. I still say get this book. Flip to the last section on healing and read that. There are so many quotes and tidbits of wisdom in these pages I can't express how much this book will change how you look at life.
Strength and resilience come from within, we make choices every day to love or embrace others despite our differences or not. Do you want to live in fear or in freedom? Thank you Dr. Eger for having the strength not only to survive and thrive but to share your story so that we never forget. So that we can learn what a person is capable of, both inhumane and through their own inner will.
"It's easier to hold someone or something else responsible for your pain than to take responsibility for ending your own victimhood."