Book 111-A stolen life by Jaycee Dugard

A Stolen Life: A Memoir 989 books to go! This book was surprisingly better than I thought it would be after reading the introduction. Jaycee Dugard an abduction victim for 18 years wrote this autobiography shortly after she was discovered and reunited with her family. She writes about her life before she was kidnapped, her life with Philip and Nancy Garrido in captivity, and ends with her life after being reunited with her family and receiving some therapy. While speaking of her recovery she writes about lessons she has learned, some personal thoughts and reflections as well as her adjustments to the world after spending 18 years in a confined backyard. The writing is simplified but personally I feel that captures the true Jaycee, the recovering Jaycee who's just beginning to heal and learn many lessons. She missed many opportunities to develop intellectually, so simplified writing is to be expected. In the introduction she states that the book may not make any sense, but to me there was nothing wrong with the continuity. For a true crime buff this book is pretty good because it comes from a survivor's point of view, sadly in many true crime cases that were high profile enough to gain the attention of an author there are barely any survivors, most of the victims have been murdered. One plus to purchasing this book is that the proceeds will go to a fund Jaycee has created, the name of the fund is the JAYC (Just Ask Yourself to Care) fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide help and treatment for families dealing with abduction. I was surprisingly impressed and am happy I read this book, if anyone I know wishes to read I might even consider making a purchase because of where the proceeds will go.