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The Choice: Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible by Edith Eva Eger
2 reviews
astridrv's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
What a colossal woman. So much respect.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia
pixiebix's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Oh my goodness.
This is absolutely, undeniably a book for everybody who has ever suffered—and so everybody on this earth—to read.
The Choice is so much more than a memoir of an Auschwitz survivor. This is a diary of the light that can be found in darkness; of trauma, reconciliation of trauma, and rebirth; of the forgiveness of your torturers (whether they be the SS soldiers of Nazi Germany’s concentration camp, your childhood abuser, or the friend who didn’t invite you to a meal with your group); of the resilience, self-respect, and strength that comprise forgiveness; of the reality of the darkness of trauma, and the fact that only you can liberate yourself from that very mental cage; of the power of choice; of the sacredness of the present.
This is truly the most transformative non-fiction I have ever read. I hope this book finds itself in many more hands than it already has.
This is absolutely, undeniably a book for everybody who has ever suffered—and so everybody on this earth—to read.
The Choice is so much more than a memoir of an Auschwitz survivor. This is a diary of the light that can be found in darkness; of trauma, reconciliation of trauma, and rebirth; of the forgiveness of your torturers (whether they be the SS soldiers of Nazi Germany’s concentration camp, your childhood abuser, or the friend who didn’t invite you to a meal with your group); of the resilience, self-respect, and strength that comprise forgiveness; of the reality of the darkness of trauma, and the fact that only you can liberate yourself from that very mental cage; of the power of choice; of the sacredness of the present.
This is truly the most transformative non-fiction I have ever read. I hope this book finds itself in many more hands than it already has.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
Minor: Excrement, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Suicide
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