Released in Manhattan.

Released in Manhattan.

This is the saddest personal story I've ever read. Jaycee is kidnapped off the street as an eleven year old girl. She is captive for the next eighteen years. She bears two children to her kidnapper pedophile rapist, and although she is an intelligent and resourceful woman she remains a child in many ways, fearful and dependent on her captors. I remember when she was found. It was huge news. She has worked hard to learn to live in freedom with her two children and to be successfully re-united with her family. This book is her story in her own words.


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Released in the D authors bookring

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Edit 5/6/23: I read a different copy of this. Here are my comments:

The story of Jaycee Dugard and what happened to her is really sad and heart-wrenching. I remember hearing about this on the news when Dugard was found after being in captivity for 18 years and I really couldn't imagine the horrors she must have gone through. In 1991, Jaycee was kidnapped on her way to catch her school bus in South Lake Tahoe. She was only eleven years old. She was taken by a man named Phillip Garrido using a taser and was assisted by the man's wife, Nancy. They took Jaycee from Tahoe to Antioch, California, and kept her imprisoned in makeshift shelters in the backyard of the Garrido's mother's house there. On her arrival, she was forced to shower with Phillip and a week later she was raped by him. The rapes went on repeatedly over the years and resulted in Jaycee having two daughters by him, the first when she was only fourteen. Garrido not only abused her sexually but also mentally by using guilt complexes and narcissistic behavior toward her. At some points, Jaycee actually felt sorry for him. She survived by caring for her daughters and her pet cats although Garrido got rid of many of them without Jaycee's consent. After 18 years, she was finally freed when Garrido took her and her daughters to see his parole officer. She was reunited with her mother, sister, and aunt, but was unsure of what her acceptance would be. Since then, she had been in therapy and eventually was able to make a life for herself and her daughters.

Jaycee was a very strong person to have been able to survive her ordeal. After her release she started the J A Y C Foundation to provide support and services for families recovering from abduction and the aftermath of traumatic experiences. This book was very enlightening and shows the horrors of what abducted children may go through. However, it really didn't tell the whole story of what happened after her kidnapping and the history of Garrido and his wife and their subsequent prosecutions. There is an article on Wikipedia that provides more details. It is really hard for me to understand the motivations of people that could commit such an atrocious crime; I especially couldn't understand how Garrido's wife would assist him in his depravities. There were times when she could have helped Dugard escape but failed to do so. Overall, this was a very intense and harrowing look at what can happen to young victims of abuse.

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Arrived in the mail today. I remember the news stories about Jaycee's story when she escaped from her captor, and have wanted to read her story for a long time. I'm looking forward to reading this, even though I know that it is a totally tragic story.

I'm nearing the mid-point of this book, and this does not appear to be the story I was thinking about. The one I had in mind was in Ohio (I think), and I seem to recall that the girl escaped, rather than being rescued. In any event, it was an abduction that was similar in that the girl was held captive for years and had children in captivity.

So, this wasn't the abduction I was thinking of when I added this book to my "want to read" list. The one I was thinking of was in Ohio and several years later (and included multiple abductees). None of that changes the impact of this account. Jaycee Dugard was abducted in 1991 at age 11 and was held in captivity for 18 years. During that time she had two daughters, fathered by her abductor. Perhaps the most remarkable part of her story is that she survived for so long. As I understand it, it is very unusual for those abducted at such a young age to survive for so long.

As harrowing as her account of her years in captivity is, to me if felt as if it was severely self-censored, almost as if she couldn't quite bring herself to dwell on the details of her ordeal. That is perfectly understandable, and probably for the best. After all, the brutal details would probably be overwhelming for the reader. But, for me, the most interesting part of this book is her description of her efforts to return to something resembling normalcy after her recovery. I had never given much thought to the challenges of re-integrating someone into society after such a long captivity. Dugard's frank discussion of the challenges she faced is enlightening and is a significant reminder that the story doesn't end when an abductee is found or rescued.

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