Amazing story that broke my heart to read but these stories need to told. I don't know why but I have a real fascination with these stories but I'm so glad I didn't live then

Psychologist Dr Edith Eger's memoir 'The Choice' is the extraordinary story of her survival from Auschwitz alongside her sister, and how these experiences crafted the rest of her life. This book is as much about psychology as it is about the Holocaust, and Dr Eger weaves in stories from those that have come for treatment with her, beside the horrific Auschwitz narrative. The psychology facet interested me immensely and this book will stay with me a long time, an important read from an incredible lady.

In her profound and moving book, Edith Eger talks of how nobody ‘heals in a straight line.’ This is more than just a memoir- Dr Eger is a passionate chronicler of the human condition, and generously shares her insights throughout this moving text.

What a truly inspirational read, Edie shares her story with bravery and truth, a very emotional read, loved it

The Choice by Edith Eger is the true story of a concentration camp survivor who uses her experiences to help others. It is a painful read but one that also gives hope. We cannot stop the bad things from happening but "I can choose how to respond to the past."
Our outlook to our circumstances will determine whether we survive or perish. "No one can make you a victim but you." In the camps Edith Eger chose to focus on the good times. Her mind took her to places her body could not go. "We can't choose to vanish the dark, but we can choose to kindle the light."
Edith Eger survived because she held on to the positive. Her mindset was to survive today because tomorrow she would be free. Edith Eger survived Auschwitz, death marches and more camps. She clung on to hope.
Freedom did not come with liberation. Freedom came with facing her past and talking about it. For years Edith Eger locked her memories away and imprisoned herself. Only when she spoke out about the horrors did she begin to heal.
Returning to Auschwitz years later, Edith Eger laid her ghosts to rest. She released her guilt. Earlier, staying at Hitler's Berghof, she forgave him. This did not mean forgetting or letting Hitler off the hook but it did bring freedom for Edith Eger. "I lived to see freedom because I learned to forgive."
Edith Eger quotes Corrie ten Boom forgiving the concentration camp guard in God's strength. She believes we can choose to live out our Hitler side or our ten Boom side.
The Choice is powerful and heart wrenching. There are lessons for us all to learn. The main one being that forgiveness is freeing. Holding a grudge and seeking revenge imprisons us and weighs us down. Choose to forgive and live free. Survival and freedom have much to do with our state of mind as well as our external circumstances. Edith Eger is a brave woman.
May we never forget the six million innocents who perished in the Holocaust.
I received this book for free from Net Galley. A favourable review was not required and all views expressed are my own.

A beautiful, searing memoir that reflects on human experience as a whole rather than just Edith Eger’s personal experiences during the holocaust. It’s divided into four parts and each part has its own agenda in presenting the whole. A meditation on pain and forgiveness as much as the account of the suffering of one person, Eger looks not just at her experiences in a concentration camp but also how it shadowed her adult life and became something she chose to make her source of strength rather than a burden that dragged down her life. Utterly inspiring and moving. Highly recommend.

What an inspiring book, amazing how someone so young could be so strong in such awful circumstances. A lesson to us all how people rise from such an experience, thoroughly humbling. A must read

Inspiring, powerful and honest - a really fascinating read and very highly recommended.
I didn't expect this to be what it was - although obviously any Holocaust story is harrowing, the hope and life that ran alongside was amazing.