{"product_id":"9781451629194","title":"A Stolen Life : A Memoir","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Stolen Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jaycee Dugard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn instant #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller—Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of June of 1991, I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother that loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 simply survived an intolerable situation. \u003ci\u003eA Stolen Life \u003c\/i\u003eis my story—in my own words, in my own way, exactly as I remember it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This little memoir...was written plainly and simply by Dugard herself, without the help of a ghostwriter. And in that, it is powerful beyond its voyeurism…reading the experience in her own words is a revelation.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Dugard’s inspirational story…is a firsthand testament to the resilience of the human spirit.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781451629194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40928385433806,"sku":"9781451629194","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_aad3fc9d-ea9d-47c5-9f4a-4e979afe2286.jpg?v=1645645340","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781451629194","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}