A Stolen Life: A Memoir (2011)

At the age of 11, while walking to her school bus stop in the morning Jaycee Dugard was abducted by a perverted pedophile and his wife. Jaycee spent the next 18 years of her life verbally and physically abused by this couple and forced to bear two children when she was only a child herself. Although she has made great strides in her recovery the torment she endured will haunt her forever.

This is Jaycee's story in her own words. It is poignant and powerful, heartbreaking and heartwarming. Jaycee is a remarkable woman and survived what many could not.

Her story brings hope to those who have missing loved ones.

I highly recommend this book. ( )

Hard to describe. Tragic and ultimately triumphant. I am hard pressed to understand how she was missed so very many times. God bless you Jaycee and your girls. I wish you joy. ( )

Not sure if I should give this a 2 or a 3. I agree with another reviewer who states that this book should have been written a few years later. Now it feels more like a therapy session for Jaycee.
I liked the beginning and of course I understand that she does not know exactly when things happened, and yes the book jumped around in a lot of places and I also get that. It is hard to recall every thing that happened in your past. Especially when every day is the same. What I don't get is that The chapters where she wrote about her being free, are also very jumpy. For instance the story about the horses and the therapy sessions.
Now that I think about it, There must have been a lot of pressure from the press because if we are honest, we all wanted to know what happened to her. So it is understandable she wrote this book so soon. Ha, my review is also jumpy. I really feel for Jaycee Dugard and I hope she can live her life somewhere peacefully.

By the way, Am I the only one who wondered if creep Garrido did not touch her daughters? Yes I understand they were his daughters but that does not say much in this day and age. ( )

A young life stolen, but somehow the struggle and acceptance of her life then comes to light that she was a survivor, doing what to some of us is unexplainable as to why she stayed and didn't run when she had the chance on her outings - miraculous story of survival and the return to a life anew to her that was stolen from her, but she comes back and owns her life for the first time in her young years. ( )

I could tell it was only going to get more depressing ( )