by Edith Eger
First published 2017
Sixteen-year-old Edith Eger is taken with her family to Auschwitz, where she is forced to dance for the sadistic Dr. Mengele. Though her parents perish, Edie survives. Years later, she becomes a psychologist, using her own trauma to guide others on the path to freedom, joy, and forgiveness - no matter their circumstances.
Genres: holocaust, psychology, historical-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: overcoming-adversity, redemption
Setting: United States
Period: 20th-century
336 pages · Paperback · Scribner
Content warnings: abuse, death