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020 $a9781501130793 (pbk.) :$cNT$595
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100 1 $aEger, Edith Eva.
245 10$aThe choice :$bembrace the possible /$cDr. Edith Eva Eger, with Esmé Schwall Weigand.
246 30$aEmbrace the possible.
260 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c2018.
300 $axiii, 288 pages ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $a"At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger, a trained ballet dancer and gymnast, was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, the 'Angel of Death, ' Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement--and her survival. He rewarded her with a loaf of bread that she shared with her fellow prisoners--an act of generosity that would later save her life. Edie and her sister survived multiple death camps and the Death March. When the Americantroops liberated the camps in 1945 they found Edie barely alive in a pile of corpses. Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor's guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past ... Today, at ninety years old,Edie is a renowned psychologist and speaker who specializes in treating patients suffering from traumatic stress disorders. She ... weaves her remarkable personal account of surviving the Holocaust and overcoming its ghosts of anger, shame, and guilt with the moving stories of those she has helped heal. She explores how we can be imprisoned in our own minds and shows us how to find the key to freedom ..."--Jacket.
650 0$aEger, Edith Eva.
650 0$aPsychologists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0$aHolocaust survivors$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0$aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$vPersonal narratives.
650 0$aAutobiographies.