PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
A native of Hungary, Edith Eger was a teenager in 1944 when she and her family were sent to Auschwitz during the Second World War. Despite overwhelming odds, Edith survived the Holocaust and moved with her husband to the United States. Having worked in a factory whilst raising her young family, she went on to graduate with a PhD from the University of Texas and became an eminent psychologist. Today, she maintains a busy clinical practice and lectures around the world.
Wise and provocative * The Daily Mail * I'll be forever changed by Dr. Eger's story... we all have the ability to pay attention to what we've lost, or to pay attention to what we still have -- Oprah 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 Edith Eva Eger is my kind of hero... 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, author of The Glass Castle
