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A Stolen Life

A Memoir

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 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. Abductions, Kidnapping & Missing Persons Abuse Personal Development Relationships True Crime Women Inspiring Thought-Provoking Heartfelt
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absolutely breathtaking.
I pray that Jaycee and her precious girls live a life of love and happiness.

Jaycee is the strongest woman I've ever come acros

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This memoir reveals a truly heartbreaking, brutal, honest account of a young girls life that should have played out very differently than it did. But what a remarkable and intelligent young girl, mother and woman Jaycee Dugard is.
Definitely worth listening to, although very hard to hear some things this book is inspirational and insightful.
Will definitely be listening to the next book

A truly heartbreaking story of a loss of innocence

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I have to admit that I almost stopped listening to this a few times... it made me sick to hear what happened and I don't even know how she managed to survive. What a brave woman o continue living your life with your girls x
This is a book by Jaycee and as she says it does get a little muddled but you are listening to it through her mind and she has done an amazing job considering. I hope you find a little more peace each and every day.

Shocking

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I’d read the book some time ago, but listening to Jaycee read it herself brings a whole new level to this story. She is amazing.

Incredible book

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Very brave of Jaycee to first write up her story, and then to tell it herself as an audiobook. In can only hope that it helped her in her healing journey.
As a physiotherapist who is interested in trauma it was very interesting to hear how Jaycee initially coped with her awful abuse, then found a way of keeping sane during years of dysfunctional living with her own daughters portrait as her sisters and finally what kind of therapy worked for her and her family. What she endured is absolutely awful but her story has taught me a lot and hopefully this newly gained knowledge will help me with sessions with others. Thanks Jaycee for sharing your story.
Can certainly recommend this book if you are interested in healing from trauma.

Learnt a lot

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