The Choice: Embrace the Possible
- 作者
- 出版社 Scribner
- 出版时间 2017年9月
- ISBN 1501130781 或 9781501130786
- 定价 122.90
内容简介
Apowerful,movingmemoir—andapracticalguidetohealing—writtenbyDr.EdithEvaEger,aneminentpsychologistwhoseownexperiencesasaHolocaustsurvivorhelphertreatpatientsandallowthemtoescapetheprisonsoftheirownminds.
EdithEgerwassixteenyearsoldwhentheNaziscametoherhometowninHungaryandtookherJewishfamilytoanintermentcenterandthentoAuschwitz.HerparentsweresenttothegaschamberbyJosephMengelesoonaftertheyarrivedatthecamp.HourslaterMengeledemandedthatEdiedanceawaltzto“TheBlueDanube”andrewardedherwithaloafofbreadthatshesharedwithherfellowprisoners.ThesewomenlaterhelpedsaveEdie’slife.EdieandhersistersurvivedAuschwitz,weretransferredtotheMauthausenandGunskirchencampsinAustria,andmanagedtoliveuntiltheAmericantroopsliberatedthecampsin1945andfoundEdieinapileofdyingbodies.
OneofthefewlivingHolocaustsurvivorstorememberthehorrorsofthecamps,Ediehaschosentoforgivehercaptorsandfindjoyinherlifeeveryday.YearsaftershewasliberatedfromtheconcentrationcampsEdiewentbacktocollegetostudypsychology.Shecombinesherclinicalknowledgeandherownexperienceswithtraumatohelpotherswhohaveexperiencedpainfuleventslargeandsmall.Dr.EgerhascounselledveteranssufferingfromPTSD,womenwhowereabused,andmanyotherswholearnedthattheytoo,canchoosetoforgive,findresilience,andmoveforward.Shelecturesfrequentlyonthepowerofloveandhealing.
TheChoiceweavesEger’spersonalstorywithcasestudiesfromherworkasapsychologist.Herpatientsandtheirstoriesillustratedifferentphasesofhealingandshowhowpeoplecanchoosetoescapetheprisonstheyconstructintheirmindsandfindfreedom,regardlessofcircumstance.Eger’sstoryisaninspirationforeveryone.Andhermessageispowerfulandimportant:“Yourpainmattersandisworthhealing:youcanchoosetobejoyfulandfree.”Sheiseighty-nineyearsoldandstilldancing.
EdithEgerwassixteenyearsoldwhentheNaziscametoherhometowninHungaryandtookherJewishfamilytoanintermentcenterandthentoAuschwitz.HerparentsweresenttothegaschamberbyJosephMengelesoonaftertheyarrivedatthecamp.HourslaterMengeledemandedthatEdiedanceawaltzto“TheBlueDanube”andrewardedherwithaloafofbreadthatshesharedwithherfellowprisoners.ThesewomenlaterhelpedsaveEdie’slife.EdieandhersistersurvivedAuschwitz,weretransferredtotheMauthausenandGunskirchencampsinAustria,andmanagedtoliveuntiltheAmericantroopsliberatedthecampsin1945andfoundEdieinapileofdyingbodies.
OneofthefewlivingHolocaustsurvivorstorememberthehorrorsofthecamps,Ediehaschosentoforgivehercaptorsandfindjoyinherlifeeveryday.YearsaftershewasliberatedfromtheconcentrationcampsEdiewentbacktocollegetostudypsychology.Shecombinesherclinicalknowledgeandherownexperienceswithtraumatohelpotherswhohaveexperiencedpainfuleventslargeandsmall.Dr.EgerhascounselledveteranssufferingfromPTSD,womenwhowereabused,andmanyotherswholearnedthattheytoo,canchoosetoforgive,findresilience,andmoveforward.Shelecturesfrequentlyonthepowerofloveandhealing.
TheChoiceweavesEger’spersonalstorywithcasestudiesfromherworkasapsychologist.Herpatientsandtheirstoriesillustratedifferentphasesofhealingandshowhowpeoplecanchoosetoescapetheprisonstheyconstructintheirmindsandfindfreedom,regardlessofcircumstance.Eger’sstoryisaninspirationforeveryone.Andhermessageispowerfulandimportant:“Yourpainmattersandisworthhealing:youcanchoosetobejoyfulandfree.”Sheiseighty-nineyearsoldandstilldancing.
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