- roughout the book, Dr. Eger provides a wealth of sage advice.
What was most helpful to you, personally?
Enhance Your Book Club
- Watch The Red Shoes, the movie that greatly impacted Dr. Eger aer
she and Béla saw the ĕlm in 1950. Did watching the movie help you
understand Dr. Eger’s reaction to the ĕlm as well as her connection to
dance? - Read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning . Compare and
contrast his testimony and his theories about human freedom and
choice with Dr. Eger’s. - Compare Dr. Eger’s memories of the Holocaust with widely read
accounts such as Elie Wiesel’s Night or Anne Frank’s e Diary of a
Young Girl. - When meeting with your book club, ask everyone to prepare a
traditional Hungarian dish like the meals Dr. Eger describes in The
Choice. Enjoy the taste of Dr. Eger’s homeland as you learn more
about its past.