A Stolen Life

I have been reading the book A Stolen Life. After watching Diane Sawyer's special on Jaycee Dugard, I just couldn't help to want more. If you have never heard of it, you need to pick it up because I have had a hard time putting it down. Although it may seem a little harsh, it is really interesting to read Jaycee's story from her point of view. She includes her journal entries that she wrote as well as reflections. Here is a little summary:

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.

Check it out.

K