A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Jul 2011 · Simon and Schuster
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In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen.
For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse.
For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation.
On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee Dugard. I don’t think of myself as a victim. I survived.
A Stolen Life is my story—in my own words, in my own way, exactly as I remember it.
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The pine cone is a symbol that represents the seed of a new beginning for me. To help facilitate new beginnings, with the support of animal-assisted therapy, the J A Y C Foundation provides support and services for the timely treatment of families recovering from abduction and the aftermath of traumatic experiences—families like my own who need to learn how to heal. In addition, the J A Y C Foundation hopes to facilitate awareness in schools about the important need to care for one another.
Our motto is “Just Ask Yourself to . . . Care!”
A portion of my proceeds from this memoir will be donated to The J A Y C Foundation Inc.
www.thejaycfoundation.org
For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse.
For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation.
On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee Dugard. I don’t think of myself as a victim. I survived.
A Stolen Life is my story—in my own words, in my own way, exactly as I remember it.
---
The pine cone is a symbol that represents the seed of a new beginning for me. To help facilitate new beginnings, with the support of animal-assisted therapy, the J A Y C Foundation provides support and services for the timely treatment of families recovering from abduction and the aftermath of traumatic experiences—families like my own who need to learn how to heal. In addition, the J A Y C Foundation hopes to facilitate awareness in schools about the important need to care for one another.
Our motto is “Just Ask Yourself to . . . Care!”
A portion of my proceeds from this memoir will be donated to The J A Y C Foundation Inc.
www.thejaycfoundation.org
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Henry Suszko
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June 12, 2025
This day and age i find it difficult to wrap my mind around a disturbing topic. The narrative by the author is presented simply and conveys the emotional confusion that at such a young age on the cusp of puberty and the way she works through her situation creating scenarios of what her future actions towards her abducter should be. First rule is to co operate so as not to anger him to prevent physical harm from being inflicted on her frail developing physique. The words flow easily.
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July 6, 2012
I read 95% of it and the story is captivating although very sad. I knew what i was going to be reading so i disconnected myself from the main character n thought of her as that rather than a real person. The book is a bit long with excessive details but still a story i finished. Its sick the kind of ppl there are out there n i think its worth her writing it if just to let ppl know how messed up ppl r.
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September 1, 2016
I've always wanted to know what happened to this woman but some parts were horrible to read. I'm glad she got it all out there though. That scum, Phil Garrido, deserves to have everyone know how sick and twisted he is. Jaycee Dugard, I wish you all the best for the rest of your life. I wish the same for your children and the rest of your family. Rest in paradis to your precious kitties that passed xo.
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About the author
Jaycee Dugard is the author of the memoir A Stolen Life, which tells the story of her kidnapping and eighteen years of captivity. Her second book is Freedom: My Book of Firsts.
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