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 f...
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.
作者简介
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An eminent psychologist and one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors old enough to remember life in the camps, Dr. Edith Eger has worked with veterans, military personnel, and victims of physical and mental trauma. She lives in La Jolla, California. She is the author of the award-winning book The Choice and The Gift.
Suffering is universal, but victimhood is optional. Victimhood comes from the inside. No one can make you a victim but you. We become victims not because of what happens to us but when we choose to hold on to our victimization. We develop a victim's mind - a way of thinking and being that is rigid, blaming, pessimistic, stuck in the past, unforgiving, punitive, and without healthy limits or boundaries. We become our own jailors when we choose the confines of the victim's mind. (查看原文)
Truly extraordinary and beautiful. It shook me to the core and changed my perspective. Having been struggling with health anxiety for months, I’m so grateful for it.
男神盖茨的书单,六月份就下载的书,十二月份才读。Better late than never[哈哈]两个晚上读完了这本,这本书是一本让人拿起来就放不下的书。主要是两部分:作者Edith回顾其在奥斯维辛集中营里的痛苦经历,以及历经艰难幸存后的自救重建历程。主人公的经历真的是太让人揪心和佩...
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The Choice 中文版本叫《拥抱可能》,豆瓣评分9·2 这本书是比尔盖次推荐的,作者Dr. Edith Eva Eger是集中营的幸存者。前半部分是自传,在她十六岁那年,父母、她,还有姐姐Magda 被送进奥斯维辛,父母被焚烧,她和姐姐历经近两年的非人遭遇最终获救。关于集中营的书籍和电影...
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What an insightful investigation of our minds which the author does so gently, without being brutally probed, as if an erudite friend whom we all wish to have, guiding us through the emotional storm. What I really like about this book is that it has all of ...
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4 有用 jenesaispas 2020-08-07 13:13:23
powerful and enpowering
0 有用 不吃西瓜 2021-12-31 13:34:13
新年伊始,充电了...
0 有用 日富E日🌞 2022-02-20 23:43:52
顺带听完有声书 口音真是很像作者啊 细节好评
0 有用 NW 2018-03-20 13:46:02
这是这几年读到的书中,印象比较深的一本。
0 有用 大白 2021-11-12 09:50:54
Truly extraordinary and beautiful. It shook me to the core and changed my perspective. Having been struggling with health anxiety for months, I’m so grateful for it.