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hanrutous16 's review for:
The Choice
by Edith Eva Eger
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
‘My precious, you can choose to be free’.
What a beautiful way to end a book that starts with imprisonment in Auschwitz. From physical imprisonment to emotional freedom, Eger shares her experiences and those of her patients over the years to highlight that one important message - in whatever way works for you, doing whatever you need to do, it is possible to be freed from your past.
I’ve read a few reviews of this book that complain that it is not really about the Holocaust and that the time in camps itself only takes up a third, if that, of the book. Eger spent a year in Auschwitz. She then spent 60 years building a life and recovery away from it. The journey she undertakes to reclaim herself - the Jewish Hungarian dancer - takes up far more space in her life than Auschwitz ever could.
Supplemented by stories of the people she has helped, and the people who weren’t ready for help, as well as her sisters, husband and children, Eger shows the reasons for living and growing with grace and fortitude many do not have to show.
Whilst perhaps the latter content wasn’t so much for me, this book is still worth a read due to its hopefulness, passion for life and joy. At one point Eger suggests she has success as a speaker because ‘if I can survive, if I can do it, so can you’. This selfless reason for sharing her past is beautiful, kind and true.
What a beautiful way to end a book that starts with imprisonment in Auschwitz. From physical imprisonment to emotional freedom, Eger shares her experiences and those of her patients over the years to highlight that one important message - in whatever way works for you, doing whatever you need to do, it is possible to be freed from your past.
I’ve read a few reviews of this book that complain that it is not really about the Holocaust and that the time in camps itself only takes up a third, if that, of the book. Eger spent a year in Auschwitz. She then spent 60 years building a life and recovery away from it. The journey she undertakes to reclaim herself - the Jewish Hungarian dancer - takes up far more space in her life than Auschwitz ever could.
Supplemented by stories of the people she has helped, and the people who weren’t ready for help, as well as her sisters, husband and children, Eger shows the reasons for living and growing with grace and fortitude many do not have to show.
Whilst perhaps the latter content wasn’t so much for me, this book is still worth a read due to its hopefulness, passion for life and joy. At one point Eger suggests she has success as a speaker because ‘if I can survive, if I can do it, so can you’. This selfless reason for sharing her past is beautiful, kind and true.