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About the product One of the most powerful books about war and the inner strength of man. In 1944, sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith Eger was sent with her family to Auschwitz. Just hours after the death of her parents, Nazi doctor Josef Mengele made Edith dance for her own amusement and her survival. Edith and her sister survived all the horrors of Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen — the death camps. On May 4, 1945, Edith, barely alive, was pulled out of a heap of corpses. Torture, hunger and the constant threat of death did not break Edith, and her inner world helped her gain life-affirming strength and spiritual freedom. 35 years after the end of the war, becoming a famous psychologist, Edith returned to Auschwitz to get rid of the memories of the past and the guilt of the survivor. Edith alternates the events of her personal journey with the touching stories of those she herself helped to heal. This book is an unforgettable story of survival and healing, a story of liberation and the strength of the human spirit. It shows that we can always choose what life teaches us and how to relate to what is happening. This is a book that will change lives and give generations of readers support. Features of the book: — Written by a woman who went through the death camps during the war, and later became an outstanding psychologist. — Able to change attitudes towards life and show that we ourselves can choose what Our experience will teach us. —Sunday Times Bestseller, New York Times, Amazon.— Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book and 2018 Christopher Awards.— The 2019 Book of the Year according to the editors of the MYTH.— Recommended reading by Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey. From the author: My past still haunted me: every time I heard a siren, someone’s heavy footsteps, or the screams of people, a disturbing, confusing feeling arose. This is considered a trauma — as I once learned — if almost all the time you gut feel: something is wrong or something terrible is about to happen; if an involuntary reaction of the body immediately arises to fear, which speaks of the need to flee, to find refuge, to hide from the danger that is everywhere. My trauma can still manifest itself due to some everyday meeting. A sudden glance or a peculiar smell can throw me back into the past. Now, when I write this book, more than seventy years have passed. What happened can no longer be changed, and it is impossible to forget it. But over time, I realized that I was able to choose how to react to the past. I can feel miserable and hopeful, I can feel depressed and happy. We always have such a choice, there is a possibility of control. I am here and now, this is real — I have taught myself to repeat this over and over again until the panic state subsides.[…] No matter what stage of your life you are now: whether you are enjoying early youth, whether you have entered adulthood or have reached old age; whether you have experienced deep suffering or have just begun to face difficulties; whether you are experiencing your first love or, being already in old age, have forever sent your life partner; whether you come to your senses after an event that turned your whole existence upside down, or you are in anticipation of at least some changes that can make your life more joyful, in any case, I will be happy to help you. I will tell you how to find a way to escape from your inner concentration camp created by your consciousness; how to become who you should be. I would like to help you find freedom: independence from the past, from failures and fears, from anger and mistakes, from regrets and inescapable grief — the freedom to enjoy the boundless and generous celebration of life. We are not in a position to order ourselves a life in which there would be no place for grief or pain. But we can decide to become free, escape from the past, and, no matter what has befallen our lot, embrace all that is possible. And I invite you to choose freedom.[…] Mom always baked challah for Friday supper. Like Shabbat bread woven from three strips of dough, my book consists of three lines — this is the story of my survival, the story of my healing and the stories of people dear to me, whom I had the honor to lead on the path of liberation. I presented my experience as I remember it. In the stories about my patients, the essence of their cases is accurately reflected, but I changed the names and nuances by which they could be recognized. Now you have to read the story of a choice — sometimes large, sometimes small — a choice that can lead a person from trauma to victory, from darkness to light, from captivity to liberation. Who is this book for: For those who are interested in books about the inner strength of a person. For those who want to learn about the role of art in overcoming the horrors of war and gaining spiritual freedom. For anyone interested in the psychology of human relations. …
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