Bibliograph

The choice, embrace the possible, Dr. Edith Eva Eger, with Esmé Schwall Weigand

Type

Label

The choice, embrace the possible, Dr. Edith Eva Eger, with Esmé Schwall Weigand

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The choice

Oclc number

1002089857

Responsibility statement

Dr. Edith Eva Eger, with Esmé Schwall Weigand

Sub title

embrace the possible

Summary

A dual memoir and practical guide to healing by an eminent psychologist and Holocaust survivor counsels patients on how to escape the prisons of their own minds, describing her harrowing experiences in Auschwitz and how it gave her particular insights into the challenges of PTSD

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Philip Zimbardo, PhD -- Part I: Prison. Introduction: I had my secret, and my secret had me ; The four questions ; What you put in your mind ; Dancing in hell ; A cartwheel ; The stairs of death ; To choose a blade of grass -- Part II: Escape. My liberator, my assailant ; In through a window ; Next year in Jerusalem ; Flight -- Part III: Freedom. Immigration day ; Greener ; You were there? ; From one survivor to another ; What life expected ; The choice ; Then Hitler won ; Goebbels's bed ; Leave a stone -- Part IV: Healing. The dance of freedom ; The girl without hands ; Somehow the waters part ; Liberation day

Target audience

adult

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Contributor

Creator