Publication Date: September 5, 2017
5 stars
When Dr. Edith Eger was sixteen years old, she was rounded up from her home in Hungary and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Separated from her mother and father, who were sent straight to their deaths, she and her sister were forced into horrible circumstances where every choice made for them could have life-ending consequences. Through the years, as she went on with her life, immigrated to America and became a clinical Psychiatrist, she has discovered how every person has the choice on how to internally deal with the circumstances they are presented. There is no way to accurately sum up this book, or how it deeply it effected me. As we come closer to the point in time when there are no longer any Holocaust survivors, we need more of these stories, more of these reminders of what the human race is capable of, both of evil and of strength. The first two-thirds of this book is memoir while the last is more about her practice of Psychiatry and her clients. I really think everyone should give this a read and I'm already wondering if it is on Oprah's radar. I'm not a big "self-help" reader, but this was one of the most honest, heart-wrenching and inspirational reads that I have come across. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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