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A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

During the blizzard in February, I knew that we would lose power. So to avoid udder 18th century induced boredom, I stocked up on some good books from the libby and made sure I had plenty of batteries for my flashlight. When we did lose power (right in the middle of TMZ) I whipped out my trusty flashlight and picked up my first suitor, Jaycee Dugard's haunting memoir A Stolen Life . The 2011 memoir tells the horrifying and somewhat inspiring story of the kidnapping and life of Jaycee Dugard. Dugard was kidnapped at the age of 11, by Phillip & Nancy Garrido and was held hostage by them for 18 years. Victims in these circumstances very rarely come forward and talk about their experience, let alone do it so eloquently and with a perspective like Jaycee's.  She takes you into the hell that became her life for years, and you feel every moment of it. I believe her intention was not only to get her story out there and told, but to also help other people who may have been in simi...