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The Choice: Embrace the Possible
by Edith Eva Eger
3.5 I came to this memoir (/self-help book?) with no more information than the cover blurb - which made me think of the holocaust-memoir-meets-therapy of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search For Meaning. Eger was younger than Frankl during WW2 so her story is of young girl surviving through the kindness and solidarity of sisters, friends and, occasionally, the enemy. And this is just part of the story – Eger’s story really comes to life in the “what happens next” 70 years after these events. And how those formative experiences contributed to her move into the profession of psychology (yes, she was quite influenced by Frankl’s work) and her own work helping US service people through PTSD. Eger’s resilience shines throughout this moving chronicle of a remarkable life.