The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice
By Edith Eva Eger
Read by Gilli Messer and Tovah Feldshuh
Unabridged
Format :
Library CD (In Stock)
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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Available on 10/01/2024
ISBN: 9781668119822
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Available on 10/01/2024
ISBN: 9781668119815
Runtime: | 5.25 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/History |
Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
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 she’s the daughter “with brains but no looks,” Edie’s 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 Edie’s family is forced onto a train bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp. Even in those darkest of moments, Edie’s beloved, Eric, kindles hope. “I’ll 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 can’t change the past, but she can choose how to live and even to love again.
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/History |
Runtime: | 5.25 |
Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
Language: | English |
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