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Freedom: My Book of Firsts | Jaycee Dugard
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Freedom: My Book of Firsts, a memoir by Jaycee Lee Dugard, the bestselling author of A Stolen Life, whose widely acclaimed account of being kidnapped at age 11 and remaining a prisoner for 18 years became an international bestseller in 2011. The kidnapping of Ms. Dugard occurred on June 10, 1991 in South Lake Tahoe, California, as she was walking from her home to her school bus stop. She was 11-years-old at the time. She remained missing for 18 years, until 2009, when her captor, a convicted sex offender, was arrested. In her new book, Ms. Dugard will tell the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own. There is life after something tragic happens, Ms. Dugard said. Life doesnt have to end if you dont want it to. Its all in how you look at it. Somehow, I still believe that we each hold the key to our own happiness and you have to grab it where you can in whatever form it might take.
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LapReader
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Yesterday‘s scores from the Little Free Library.

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LibraryCin
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Mehso-so

It was good, but she does sound very young, in more ways than one. I did listen to the audio, which she read herself, and her voice sounds young (she must also still look quite young, as she is often mistaken for much younger than she is). But also in the book, she uses a lot of sort of “catch phrases”. I can‘t think of the correct term, but young, slang-sounding phrases/sayings

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GripLitGrl
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KatrinaB
Panpan

I really enjoyed Jaycee's first book but oh man... this book was not good! She needed a better editor, badly... thoughts were sort of catered but she would go into almost random tangents...

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plankdm
Pickpick

interesting, able to see her healing after 18 years in captivity

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Melissa9963
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Pickpick

Powerful, moving tale of how to continue with the business of living after suffering unspeakable horrors. Jaycee Dugard writes in a very conversational style, so reading this book, her second, feels like your having a series of chats with her over coffee. Her outlook on life is refreshing and inspiring.

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Vexingcircumstance
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I saw this book in Target today. I read her first book and didn't know that she had written a second one. I couldn't buy it today but it is definitely on my TBR list and will be bought eventually.

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StephBengtson
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Pickpick

I've been fascinated with her story ever since I heard about it. While her writing is (understandably) fundamental, her positive attitude and honesty makes this a really great read. #24in48 #readathon #book6 #hour16.5

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BookMusings
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Has anybody on here read this? I thought her original book was very poorly written but I am curious to know if her writing has improved because I think she has a very powerful story...

KatrinaB Her first book was well written compared to this one. I wouldn't buy it. I got it from the library and really glad I did because it was bad. 7y
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