The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of the Choice by Dr Edith Eva Eg

Description: The Ballerina of Auschwitz by Dr Edith Eva Eger In this young adult edition of the bestselling, award-winning memoir The Choice, Holocaust survivor and renowned psychologist Dr. Edith Eger shares her harrowing experiences and gives readers the gift of hope and strength. Edie is a talented dancer and a skilled gymnast with hopes of making the Olympic team. Between her rigorous training and her struggle to find her place in a family where shes the daughter "with brains but no looks," Edies too busy to dwell on the state of the world. But life in Hungary in 1943 is dangerous for a Jewish girl. Just as Edie falls in love for the first time, Europe collapses into war, and Edies family is forced onto a train bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp. Even in those darkest of moments, Edies beloved, Eric, kindles hope. "Ill never forget your eyes," he tells her through the slats of the cattle car. Auschwitz is horrifying beyond belief, yet through starvation and unthinkable terrors, dreams of Eric sustain Edie. Against all odds, Edie and her sister Magda survive, thanks to their sisterhood and sheer grit. Edie returns home filled with grief and guilt. Survival feels more like a burden than a gift--until Edie recognizes that she has a choice. She cant change the past, but she can choose how to live and even to love again. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Edith Eger is an eminent psychologist and one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors old enough to remember life in the camps. A colleague of Viktor Frankl, Dr. Edith Eger has worked with veterans, military personnel, and victims of physical and mental trauma. She lives in La Jolla, California, and is the author of the bestselling and award-winning books The Choice and The Gift. Edie and her daughter, Marianne Engle--a renowned psychologist and food writer who helped develop the recipes in The Gift--encourage you to try the delicious dishes in the book and share your thoughts at . Review … "Egers present-tense stream-of-consciousness narrative allows readers to experience the brutality of the Nazis but also the cooperation and encouragement among the inmates and the events that gave her postwar life meaning. A luminous memoir of human resilience."--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW… "Eger pares down The Choice, her National Jewish Book Award-winner and New York Times best-selling combination Holocaust memoir and self-help book, into a sensitive, thought-provoking account for teens. . . . Impactful for all readers, especially history enthusiasts or fellow trauma survivors."--Booklist, STARRED REVIEW"Eger beautifully portrays liberation and returning to the world of the living. Dancing is the thread that holds her life together . . . Egers reflections of suffering and seeds of hope are directly and beautifully wrought; the authors note reaches out to readers who are coping with pain and suffering in this modern age. . . . this is an important personal telling of Holocaust suffering and survival."--School Library Journal Details ISBN1665952555 Pages 192 Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781665952552 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-10-01 Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers Subtitle Young Adult Edition of the Choice Audience Teenage / Young adult Audience Age 13-17 Author Dr Edith Eva Eger DEWEY 940.5318092 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161622963;

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