I recently finished Jaycee Dugard's A Stolen Life. Such a powerful book. I knew it would be an amazing book but I could not imagine how powerful.
Dugard's book recounts her experience as a kidnap and sexual assault victim from the day she was taken to the day she was reunited with her mother and sister. Jaycee was kidnapped at the age of 11 and was not reunited until she was 29. She looks at where she and her daughters who she had without any sort of medical care lived all that time, her daily life, and then after her reunification, how her therapy works.
One thing I really enjoyed was how her therapist uses equines to aid in that therapy. Its such a unique approach and one that does not get much mainstream media but it's a very useful aid to therapy.
Rating: 5/5 - must read!
I was pleased to hear your review and will definitely purchase the book. Did you hear that she is now suing the state of California? She comes across so well in interviews--what a survivor!
ReplyDeleteShe actually "won" that suit. They settled for $20 million dollars. She's now suing the US department of Justice for not keeping track of the Guidios.
ReplyDeleteIt was such a powerful book! I hope you enjoy it!