内容简介

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

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.

精彩摘录

Sufferingisuniversal,butvictimhoodisoptional.Victimhoodcomesfromtheinside.Noonecanmakeyouavictimbutyou.Webecomevictimsnotbecauseofwhathappenstousbutwhenwechoosetoholdontoourvictimization.Wedevelopavictim'smind-awayofthinkingandbeingthatisrigid,blaming,pessimistic,stuckinthepast,unforgiving,punitive,andwithouthealthylimitsorboundaries.Webecomeourownjailorswhenwechoosetheconfinesofthevictim'smind.

——引自第7页

也许每一个生命，都是对我们没有但希望有的和对我们拥有但宁可没有的事物的一项学习。过了几十年我才发现，我可以用一个不一样的问题来面对我的人生。不是：我为何活着？而是：我要用我被赋予的生命做些什么？

——引自章节：第一部分监狱