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A Stolen Life: A Memoir - Community Reviews back

by Jaycee Dugard
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danae
danae rated it 8 years ago
I'm finding it hard to express my opinion of this book. Jaycee's story is just so terrifying and fascinating and depressing and inspiring... I love the authenticity of the book, but at the same time, I really wish an editor had gone through and ironed some things out. Jaycee's education only went up...
anabesteves
anabesteves rated it 10 years ago
This book is very spooky and can easily impress someone because has some very real and explicit scenes.I still don't believe that a human being was able to do this to another human being, especially the second being a little innocent girl.This book has opened my eyes for some situations and has taug...
Twitchy Witchy Girl
Twitchy Witchy Girl rated it 10 years ago
I remember first seeing Jaycee Dugard's face on a rerun episode of Unsolved Mysteries as a young kid and I could never get her face out of my head. Years later I saw the news of her being rescued. I was so intrigued when this memoir was released because I desperately wanted to know what had happened...
Rona Reads...
Rona Reads... rated it 11 years ago
I started reading this book a long time ago, and I had to take a break from it for a while because a lot of the graphic details were too much for me to stomach. However, I decided to give it another shot because I wanted to see what happened to Jaycee, when she got older and was found etc.Even thoug...
Girl Well Read
Girl Well Read rated it 11 years ago
A Stolen Life was such a hard book for me to not only to read because of the subject matter, but to rate. I really wanted to give her 5 stars - for a victim to be able to come forward and tell her story is so courageous, but I just couldn’t get past the writing. Her voice in the story was so childis...
Books, Books and More Books
Books, Books and More Books rated it 11 years ago
Jaycee Dugard suffered unspeakable horror for 18 years. Kidnapped by a pedophile at age eleven and kept for 18 years, Dugard bore two children and came to depend upon her captor all while striving to maintain her “self” and remember her “real” family, especially her mother. Her memoir tells of her h...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 11 years ago
A horrible story. I found it hard to understand how Stockholm syndrome could have damaged her mind so much that she wouldn't attempt to escape, especially in the later years when her kidnappers gave her more freedom. I know that Stockholm syndrome is a psychological condition that is recognised and ...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 11 years ago
A horrible story. I found it hard to understand how Stockholm syndrome could have damaged her mind so much that she wouldn't attempt to escape, especially in the later years when her kidnappers gave her more freedom. I know that Stockholm syndrome is a psychological condition that is recognised and ...
Samantha Reads
Samantha Reads rated it 12 years ago
This is a hard book to rate and review. Jaycee Dugard has lived through hell and somehow managed to survive. Her story is difficult to read. When it comes to some of the abuse she suffers she doesn't hold back on the descriptions. The way her kidnappers have brainwashed her into trusting and at time...
Frenchy
Frenchy rated it 12 years ago
Wow....that was at the same time heartbreaking and inspiring. When she gets to talk to her mom on the phone brought happy tears to my eyes.
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