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A review by celtic67
The Choice by Edith Eva Eger
4.0
This was a book that was recommended to me. And what a book it was. A book of great breadth and scope. A book of the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity and man's inhumanity to man.
A triumph of the human spirit in the face of extraordinary evil.
A search for not revenge, which will only perpetuate the evil.
A search not to change the past, which never will never change.
A search that leads to being not defined by the past and a search that ultimately leads to forgiveness, not only for the perpetrator but also the victim.
Also a realisation that holding onto the past, which cannot be changed, not only does nothing for the victim but also leaves the danger of history repeating its self .
This is a story of a woman who lost her childhood to the camps. Her early adulthood to marrying young. And much of her life, though she choose a career in which she helped others, she was initially unable to help herself and had to go on her own journey of discovery, and forgiveness.
This is a book I would urge all to buy and read. A book of one woman's refusal to be defined by her past and you may find yourself in there as we all have a past that can drag us down,
A superb read.
A triumph of the human spirit in the face of extraordinary evil.
A search for not revenge, which will only perpetuate the evil.
A search not to change the past, which never will never change.
A search that leads to being not defined by the past and a search that ultimately leads to forgiveness, not only for the perpetrator but also the victim.
Also a realisation that holding onto the past, which cannot be changed, not only does nothing for the victim but also leaves the danger of history repeating its self .
This is a story of a woman who lost her childhood to the camps. Her early adulthood to marrying young. And much of her life, though she choose a career in which she helped others, she was initially unable to help herself and had to go on her own journey of discovery, and forgiveness.
This is a book I would urge all to buy and read. A book of one woman's refusal to be defined by her past and you may find yourself in there as we all have a past that can drag us down,
A superb read.