The Choice

“ The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare and eternal stories that you don't want to end and that leaves you forever changed. Dr. Eger's life reveals our capacity to transcend even the greatest of horrors and to use that suffering for the benefit of others. She has found true freedom and forgiveness and shows us how we can as well ”

DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

“ Edith’s strength and courage are remarkable in this memoir as she draws on her own unthinkable experience in Nazi concentration camps to become a therapist and help others recover from all kinds of hardship. Her life and work are an incredible example of forgiveness, resilience and generosity. ”

Sheryl Sandberg

“ Important...gripping...a universal message of hope. ”

Philip Zimbardo, author of, The Lucifer Effect

“ A beautiful memoir, reminiscent of the great works of Anne Frank and Viktor Frankl. But it is more than a book—it’s a work of art. It gave me goosebumps, the kind that grace you in transcendent moments of appreciating a Mozart sonata, an Elizabeth Barrett Browning sonnet, or the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ”

Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of GIVE AND TAKE, ORIGINALS, and OPTION B with Sheryl Sandberg

“ Exceptional…Eger became a friend of Viktor Frankl…and The Choice is a wonderful companion piece to his classic memoir Man’s Search for Meaning. Both books are full of hope…and leave you marvelling at the resilience of mankind ”

Daily Express

“ I can’t describe to you how powerful this book is … I barely have words. ”

Marian Keyes

“ Edith Eva Eger is my kind of hero. She survived unspeakable horrors and brutality; but rather than let her painful past destroy her, she chose to transform it into a powerful gift – one she uses to help others heal. ”

Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle

“ There have been many heartrending Holocaust books. But few as powerful as this new memoir by a ballet dancer. ”

Daily Mail

“ One of the most incredible [stories] I’ve ever read – and one you must read too ”

Sun

“ This warm, compassionate and truly extraordinary book is much more than a remarkable Holocaust survivor story. It is at heart an examination of the human spirit and how it can be helped to survive after trauma. Like Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl, a more important book for our times is hard to imagine. ”

The Bookseller

“ Rocket-fuelled inspiration ”

Psychologies

“ Comparisons to Man's Search for Meaning are natural but this work has the potential to be even more bold. ”

Michael Berenbaum, Former Project Director, US Holocaust Memorial Museum

“ Deeply moving...extraordinary insight...It is not surprising that, when Eger speaks, her audiences are roused to give her a standing ovation. For they are not only honouring Edith Eger but also the triumph of the human spirit. ”

Jewish Chronicle

“ One of those rare, page-turning books that will leave the reader fundamentally changed ”

Harriet Lerner, author of The Dance of Anger

“ Compelling and irresistible. A genuine, honest-to-goodness life-changer. ”

Good Housekeeping

“ The distressed fabric of the author's traumatic past becomes a beautiful backdrop for a memoir written with integrity and conviction...A searing, astute study of intensive healing and self-acceptance through the absolution of suffering and atrocity. ”

Kirkus Reviews

“ Inspirational ”

Express

“ Important...gripping...a universal message of hope. ”

Philip Zimbardo, author of, The Lucifer Effect

“ Powerful ... hard to put down. ”

Choice Magazine

“ Comparisons to Man’s Search for Meaning are natural but this work has the potential to be even more bold ”

Michael Berenbaum, Former Project Director, US Holocaust Memorial Museum

“ One of those rare, page-turning books that will leave the reader fundamentally changed ”

Harriet Lerner, author of The Dance of Anger