The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have read many books on the holocaust and it's survivors but apart from Anne Frank they have mainly been from the perspective of male survivors.
What I regarded so highly in this book was both Edith Egers writing style and was astounded by her ability even all these years on to not only face the horror head on but use it for the benefit of others.
She admits early on that "I am happiest when I am alone, when I can retreat into my inner world...". Something that is constantly referred to is the choices she has had to make and that have been such an integral part of her life and whether focus should in fact be on those things we lose or to the things we do have in our life.
One quote from her mother has stuck with me even now "No one can take away from you what you've put in your mind".
I still find it awe inspiring the inner strength and determination to kindle light in their futures from such darkness and despair.
Having read Viktor Frankl earlier this year I was unaware of the help his form of psychology and friendship had aided Edith in her search for self.
Ultimately this book shows all who read it that healing from such trauma doesn't take time, it is the time you spend choosing to follow a path of light that can get you through.
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