A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard
A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard
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A Stolen Life
A Memoir

Author: Jaycee Dugard

Narrator: Jaycee Dugard

Unabridged: 7 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/12/2011


Synopsis

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller—Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years.

In the summer of June of 1991, I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother that 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 simply survived an intolerable situation. A Stolen Life is my story—in my own words, in my own way, exactly as I remember it.

About Jaycee Dugard

Jaycee Dugard is the author of the memoir A Stolen Life, which tells the story of her kidnapping and eighteen years of captivity. Her second book is Freedom: My Book of Firsts.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lauren Conaghan on 2019-02-05 14:21:55

My rating is on no way reflecting of what Jaycee went through, I can’t imagine the pain and courage it took to go through that. The book is very repetitive and the constant talk of cats was very boring. I had one question in the whole book....why on earth did she let her daughters sleep alone in the house with that monster?! She said towards the end of the book the Philip “let” her girls sleep in the house like it was a good thing. I never understood that part. She is extremely brave

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on September 16, 2011

This is a monumental book in many ways. It's one of the few times that a victim of prolonged sexual imprisonment has come forth to tell her story, and the importance of having a record of this first-hand account cannot be discounted. Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped at the age of 11 and held captive for......more

If nothing else, this book definitely shows the power of hope, gratitude, and the healing power of animals. In her own words, Jaycee Dugard recounts her life, her abduction, her abuse, and her eventual freedom from the prison of a disgusting backyard and her own fears of the world beyond it. I read t......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on August 22, 2011

The five stars are not for the literary value of this book, but for the honest telling of what these 18 stolen years were like for Jaycee Dugard. I am glad she allowed us to read this story in her own words, and not some smooth, glossy version of her story written by a ghost writer. The simple langu......more

Goodreads review by Readingmomma on August 05, 2011

I am definately going to hug my children a little tighter and make sure I remember the promises I make to them after reading this book. I remember seeing Jaycee's face on missing posters and praying for her when I was a teenager. I also remember the day I was watching the news and heard the news of......more

Goodreads review by Parastoo on December 20, 2020

"تاریخ به ما یاد داده وقتی ظاهراً هیچ امیدی درکار نیست، امید در قلب‌های مردم همچنان پا‌برجاست." این کتاب درباره ی زندگی ربوده شده ی دختری 11 ساله بود. جیسی دوگارد 11 ساله بود که دزدیده شد. از خانواده‌ش جدا شد. از مادری که عاشقانه دوستش داشت جدا شد. از خواهر 2 ساله‌اش جدا شد از دوستان مدرسه اش، از مدرسه، ا......more