Story Description:
In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I
had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until
the day my life was stolen.
For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to
use and abuse.
For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became
a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I
survived an impossible situation.
On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee
Dugard. I don't think of myself as a victim. I survived.
A Stolen Life is my story-in my own words, in my own way, exactly
as I remember it.
My Review:
On June 10, 1991 eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped while
on her way to the school bus by Philip Girrado and his wife, Nancy.
They kept her in confinement for the next eighteen-years when she
was finally discovered by the FBI when she was
twenty-nine-years-old.
During Jaycee's captivity she father two children to Philip Girrado
and the abuse and rapes she endured from him were absolutely
horrendous. However, her spunky spirit and ability to learn quickly
to go along with Philip proved time and again to make her
encounters with him less painful.
Written with integrity and honesty, Jaycee is one very brave and
courageous woman who deserves a great deal of respect for what she
has survived. I would highly recommend this book to anyone.