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The Choice

Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible

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 A New York Times Bestseller

“I’ll be forever changed by Dr. Eger’s story…The Choice is a reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times and that we all have the ability to pay attention to what we’ve lost, or to pay attention to what we still have.”—Oprah

“Dr. Eger’s life reveals our capacity to transcend even the greatest of horrors and to use that suffering for the benefit of others. She has found true freedom and forgiveness and shows us how we can as well.” —Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

“Dr. Edith Eva Eger is my kind of hero. She survived unspeakable horrors and brutality; but rather than let her painful past destroy her, she chose to transform it into a powerful gift—one she uses to help others heal.” —Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and Christopher Award

At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was pulled from a pile of corpses when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945.

Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor’s guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past. Thirty-five years after the war ended, she returned to Auschwitz and was finally able to fully heal and forgive the one person she’d been unable to forgive—herself.

Edie weaves her remarkable personal journey with the moving stories of those she has helped heal. She explores how we can be imprisoned in our own minds and shows us how to find the key to freedom. The Choice is a life-changing book that will provide hope and comfort to generations of readers. 20th Century Judaism Military Modern Personal Development Personal Success Wars & Conflicts Survival Holocaust Inspiring War Thought-Provoking Heartfelt Middle East
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Powerful book. I have shared with my teenage kids. This is an encouraging message about the power we have regardless of circumstances and how those lessons can change our lives for the better.

Life changing.

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thank you for your hard work and teach me about choice." no one can take from us what we put in our mine"

powerful

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my words will be too pale to describe how beautiful the book is only reading it justifies. Thanks and god bless.

simply beautiful person wrote a beautiful book,

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Thank you for writing this book. It was extremely useful to me personally. I can’t even imagine what you went through, I’m sure the pictures and videos show only a small part of it. But learning directly from you, a survivor and everything that you accomplished. Bravo! 🙏🏼

What a life story!

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Dr. Eger,
You are an Angel.
Truly inspirational and breathtaking.
Will turn you inside out.
Thank You.

A beautiful life Journey to healing.

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