Jaycee Dugard isn't what one would call a great writer or even an excellent storyteller however her ability to be honesty and forthcoming more than make up for it.
She is an inspiration. She is a survivor and she is unbelievably strong. She lost 18 years of her life to a horrible, horrible man who abused and degraded her.
This memoir is more than just her "story" but it is also about her ability to overcome --- "move" on and integrated herself and her children into society and out of her tormented backyard world.
This book is a bit difficult to read at time --- due to the material and some of the writing. It is hard to imagine that one person could endure so much.
This book will not be graded.
Overview {B&N]
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.
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