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The Choice
by Edith Eva Eger
Bookclub book of the month - May
“Time doesn't heal. It’s what you do with the time. Healing is possible when we choose to take responsibility, when we choose to take risks, and finally, when we choose to release the wound, to let go of the past or the grief.”
I don't even know where to start my review. Somehow, I was expecting this to be a story about survival, but it ended up being so much more than that. Edith Eger is an inspiration to us all, and her book is most definitely a must-read. Her story is empowering, from her childhood in Hungary to her days in Auschwitz and being left for dead by the Germans. From her first marriage to Béla and their escape to America. Her struggle with identity and guilt and her eventual discovery that we all have a choice. The part that resonated most with me was her trip to Berchtesgaden, where she slept in Goebels bed and climbed up to what was left of the Eagle's Nest to forgive Hitler; a man she never even knew personally but who was responsible for her loss and pain. It was so empowering; she took back control, she chose to be in control.
“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.”
I think this was one of the best books I've read all year and I highly recommend this to everyone.
“Time doesn't heal. It’s what you do with the time. Healing is possible when we choose to take responsibility, when we choose to take risks, and finally, when we choose to release the wound, to let go of the past or the grief.”
I don't even know where to start my review. Somehow, I was expecting this to be a story about survival, but it ended up being so much more than that. Edith Eger is an inspiration to us all, and her book is most definitely a must-read. Her story is empowering, from her childhood in Hungary to her days in Auschwitz and being left for dead by the Germans. From her first marriage to Béla and their escape to America. Her struggle with identity and guilt and her eventual discovery that we all have a choice. The part that resonated most with me was her trip to Berchtesgaden, where she slept in Goebels bed and climbed up to what was left of the Eagle's Nest to forgive Hitler; a man she never even knew personally but who was responsible for her loss and pain. It was so empowering; she took back control, she chose to be in control.
“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.”
I think this was one of the best books I've read all year and I highly recommend this to everyone.