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4.53 AVERAGE
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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."
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A remarkable memoir that would also make a great guide for survival for anyone who's had any suffering in their lives (= everyone). I don't think I've ever been so moved with a book as when Dr. Edith talks about her guilt and her trauma. She suffered a great deal but is also incredibly giving and compassionate and anyone would be lucky to meet her.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War
Moderate: Chronic illness, Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cannibalism
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Moving, haunting and powerful. Her personal story was so compelling that her client stories lost steam for me. I am also not up to her level of goodness... I had no patience did the Lexus car color client.
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I wish I could rate this book higher. It was wonderful, and I will be rereading soon. I highly recommend to anyone with PTSD, but also anyone that struggles with the echos from their past. Beautiful!