How do you rebuild a life?
In the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of making choices for herself.
When Jaycee Lee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. She was missing for more than eighteen years, held captive by Phillip and Nancy Garrido, and gave birth to two daughters during her imprisonment.
A Stolen Life covered Jaycee's life from her abduction in 1991 through her reappearance in 2009. Now, she talks about what happened next.
In her own words, Jaycee narrates her journey from captivity to freedom. Life holds many challenges but with humor she tackles each. From her first time behind the wheel to her first speeding ticket, from reconnecting with her mother, whom she thought was lost to her forever, to navigating the complicated world of friendships, Jaycee describes life through her unique perspective. She makes the ordinary feel extraordinary: her words remind us that each day is precious, that no moment can be taken for granted.
Raw and inspiring, Freedom: My Book of Firsts reminds us that there can be, as Jaycee says, happiness after tragedy—if we only seek it out.
