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This book is disturbing on every level. I knew the name but wasn't familiar with the story. On one hand, I appreciate the fact that she hasn't sanitized what happened to her. People need to know that there are monsters all around us, and I think awareness is the only way to spread that message. However, I wouldn't say I'm enjoying reading it. Considering she was captive from age 11-almost 30, it is remarkable she has written a book.⬇️

I stayed in bed way later than I meant to this morning, completely absorbed in Jaycee's story. I cannot imagine the pain and suffering she endured. It's hard to believe there are people in the world who can do such horrendous acts, and she doesn't shy away from sharing exactly what her abuser did to her. It's honest, hopeful, and very well-written especially given the memory blackouts she experienced. Trigger warning for explicit descriptions.

#bannedbooksunday book #2 is "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. This book was banned due to references to drugs, smoking and alcohol, offensive language, sexually explicit content and being deemed "unsuitable" for the age group, as well as "adopting, supporting or promoting gender fluidity".

I can‘t wrap my head around what this woman has gone through. I normally don‘t read true crime, or autobiographies in general. However, her story has always resonated with me. #truecrime #jayceedugard #autobiographies

I was a kid myself when Jaycee, age 11, was kidnapped by a husband and wife to aid his sex addiction. I do remember when she was recovered 18 years later along with two daughters who had been fathered by her captor. Written in disconnected memories, forwards and backwards in time tells a story unlike anything that could be made up. I can't begin to fathom nearly two decades of backyard captivity and the victim of sexual and narcissistic abuse.

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Late night reading per usual…. This should be a quick (and tragically sad) read!

you can really tell through her voice how young she was when she was abducted. so sad and really graphic but she has such a unique viewpoint

Jaycee tells the story of her kidnapping and 18 year imprisonment without a co-writer. Most interesting were her diary entries and seeming acceptance of her fate. She longed for her mother through the years though. It‘s crazy that she was never discovered by her captor‘s parole officer or that no one questioned the multiple ramshackle shacks/tents in the backyard. Her story (after discovery) is very positive/hopeful. 3/5⭐️s

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She endured so much. Good book.

Finishing this one up on my lunch. I cant focus on print words right now.

Book 97 of 2020
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A powerful memoir of survival and healing. As Jaycee processes her experiences the reader is brought into her thoughts and invited into her journey.

Heartbreaking & raw. Really makes you realize that we are capable of overcoming anything with the right help & a strong will & the right motivation.

Reading this book really brings out emotions and questions. It made me shudder to actually thinks that a child being hurt by a crazy adult. However, I do proud she has the courage to write this book when she has to flash back all that terrific memories. Well done and congratulations on finding your life back, J A Y C E E L E E D U G A R D

This book was incredible but I wouldn‘t recommend to someone who is very cut off and dose not know what a lot of pepole go through but honestly this is one of my favorite books and will be for the rest of my life I highly recommend

This is one of the heaviest books I‘ve ever read. I cannot imagine what she went through and I am so glad she was finally #saved.

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Wow, this book was so hard to read, but so important to do so. Held captive for 18 years is so mind blowing to me. She was so strong. I'd definitely recommend this book but it's a tough one for sure.

I plan to start the Cleveland girls stories next. I know that's going to be tough.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This memoir is a very emotional and heavy page turner. Please note that it discusses and recounts abuse.

For someone who never received an education past grade 5, Jaycee is an incredible writer. She is a fighter and a survivor - I wish her and her family the best, and hope that they can move on with their lives.

I don‘t believe in hate. To me it wastes too much time. People who hate waste so much of their life hating that they miss out on all the other stuff out here.

Sunday Funday. Got this at my book haul and it is truly a tough read. I will forever admire Jaycee‘s resilience and strength

• started so long ago and finally finished it. was hard going from the beginning and didn‘t get easier. a rewarding read despite the heartbreaking subject matter. although it‘s hard to recommend a book like this, I think it‘s an important look at resiliency and overcoming the biggest obstacles imaginable. still, I can‘t give it more than a “so-so” •

• almost done with this one guys. it‘s been a long, slow trek thru the sadness and I‘m glad to be moving on. I didn‘t touch it for months bc it‘s just too much emotionally •

I knew reading this memoir would be difficult for me. Jaycee was abducted at age 11 (1999) by a man and his wife and kept in captivity until the age of 29 (2011).

I commend Jaycee for her strength and courage to write about her horrific ordeal in detail and with such honesty, and also how it impacted her life two years afterwards in 2011. My heart goes out to Jaycee and to others who have gone through this.

VERY difficult read...but definitely worth it. I read it in one sitting. While it left me feeling sad and empty because of Jaycee Dugard‘s horrible experiences, I am amazed by her strength and ability to sort things out. She relives being abducted, raped, and hidden for 18 years and shares the difference in her point of view from then until now. I definitely need a pick- me - up after this one, I also have newfound faith in human resilience.

Wow... if you haven‘t read this book - you should. I never knew about this story and what happened to Jaycee Dugard before I read this book. It is so disturbing that human beings can just be just truly bad and do such bad things. But, I feel like this is really a testament of strength and bravery and Jaycee is an example for everyone.

Started my 2018 off with a memoir. I‘d like to try to read more nonfiction this year, and this is putting me one step further in that goal. #jayceedugard #astolenlife #memoir

This book is an astonishing account of a shocking act of cruelty and violence to a child/young woman. The fact that she remained and continues to remain so positive after everything that happened to her is a testament to the human spirit and is incredibly moving. I just couldn‘t get past the writing. Her voice was so childish. I don‘t know if this was done on purpose to project how innocent she was, or because she only has a grade 5 education.

Got Eclipse at a little free library today and A Stolen Life for $1 at a library sale!:) #twilight #eclipse #stepheniemeyer #fantasy #astolenlife #jayceedugard #memoir

This book was a sad and horrific but great read. It also proves that, even though you can live through something horrible, the #MemoriesRemain and it will take a lot of time and hard work to try to get past it.

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🌟So lately I've been a complete failure at keeping up with my bookish stuff. I haven't had time to read much, blog, or keep up with my bookstagram account. Sorry guys! Eventually I'll get back into the swing of things, but things are crazy at the moment. 😬 Here's yet another book I'm hoping to get to soon though! 🌟

What a gripping story! I first watched the documentary on netflix, then saw her interview abc did, then read the book. I got really angry at the documentary with her stepdad when I started reading the book. So, skip that and just read the book because it is great and hopeful and horrible and inspiring and important. I've talked to everyone about this story. It really affected me.

Finished this book on the weekend. I had my ups and downs in this book. It made me sad, angry, frustrated with the system and happy. A book written by a strong lady.

This book is amazing. I admire the bravery it took for her to relive all those memories as she wrote about them.

Halfway through reading and wow. It's not only amazingly shocking but also heartbreaking, horrific and shows what an amazingly powerful woman she is. This book is one that shows the reader the food that can come from speaking out after a horrible situation.

I knew this story would be horrific but inspiring, but the writing took me by surprise. I thought it would be either ghostwritten or, considering the years of formal education Jaycee was robbed of, rather poorly written. But it was really good...unsparing, clear, and honest. Finding and using her own strong voice is one of the many ways #shepersisted.

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Read 7 books this month; well beyond the book a week to meet my Goodreads goal :) by far my fave was A Stolen Life !!

Wow. So many amazing quotes in this book I could have shared. Yes it was difficult to read, not only because if the content but because it was written by someone who was only allowed to finish a fifth grade education.
I never really understood why she didn't try to leave or ask anyone for help, but after reading the book I realize it had a lot to do with feeling that was the only way to keep her children safe.

Home with this sick little guy today so we were playing with fun Mardi Gras filters 😂

Gotta finish this today.

"She says it's hard for her to be with me. She tells me she wished and prayed the morning they took me that Phillip would get a migraine and not be able to go through with it. I think to myself, Me, too."
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Babysitting this cutie so not much reading time today!

Ordered this book in Oct and finally got it yesterday due to a mixup...can't wait to start it!

"Today I sometimes struggle with feelings of loneliness even when I am not alone. I think this feeling began in that room Phillip put me in. Hours turned into days, days to weeks, and weeks to months and then years. I have spent a lifetime alone, or so it seems to me sometimes."

• my 1st read for #LitsyPartyofOne •

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• I know this one is probably gonna hurt. After reading "Room" by Emma Donoghue and feeling distraught (to say the very least) by the subject matter, I'm sure it's not going to be particularly pleasant reading. But I have a lingering hope that it will be poignant and powerful. Redemptive, even. If you've read this book, please don't spoil anything (I know very little about this case) but please tell me if you enjoyed it or not. I'd love to know. •

A fascinating, frightening and tragic story, but as I find so often with memoirs and autobiographies the writing is pretty terrible. This is the first of my beach holiday reads done though. On to the next one.