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A memoir by a woman who was abducted as a child and survived eighteen years in captivity
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What it is about
Jaycee Dugard was eleven when she was kidnapped in California in 1991. She was held for eighteen years before she was found. In this memoir she tells her story in her own words, with restraint about the details.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who are prepared for a very difficult subject.
What you will get
A hard but important memoir. It deals with abuse and captivity.
A Stolen Life Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · Memoir · Survival · Resilience
Length
288 pages · ≈ 8 h
More about this book
Characters
Jaycee Dugard and her daughters.
Setting
California.
What makes it different
A survivor tells her own story in plain language.
Feel
Haunting, plain and strong.
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