A Stolen Life in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Sep 11, 2011 Rae rated it really liked it

Shelves: true-crime-and-forensics

This was most unpleasant, disturbing, heart-wrenching and painful to read--but, at the same time, it was well worth it. Dugard's childhood was literally stolen from her by her kidnapper/abuser and her very blunt telling of what things occurred will make any reader feel blessed to be alive. Dugard has risen above her experiences and is slowly moving forward with her life.

Not for every reader--includes some offensive language and very graphic descriptions of abuse. ...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Amy Richard rated it liked it · review of another edition

This was a bare bones account given by the victim of 18 years of abuse. At times she wanders through the book as if trying to find the right words but I soon realized that this was definitely written to be theraputic for her as a person and just informational for us as an audience.

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Dec 30, 2011 Adrienne rated it really liked it

Wow, what a story! I can't say it was particularly well written but that just gave her story that much more authenticity. I can only imagine the horrors she must have experienced and to be able to articulate that must have been the ultimate therapy. Her story deserves to be read because she put so much of herself out there in order to tell it. ...more

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Feb 14, 2015 Megan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: memoirs

I was curious about Jaycee Dugard, so I figured who else to learn about the story than Jaycee herself. She describes her sexual abuse with an innocence that made it all the more disturbing. There were many difficult parts to get through because it felt like it was written by a 5th grader (she includes her diary all about her cat, for example), but then she was kidnapped when she was in 5th grade and was basically kept in a jail cell, so what should I expect?

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