A Stolen Life is Jaycee Dugard's account of her kidnapping at age eleven and the life she spent as a prisoner of her abductors for the next 18 years. I am just awed by the amount of courage it must have taken to go public with her story in this way, and I so admire this strong young woman who refuses to live a life in hiding any longer. 
 The narrative of Jaycee's experiences is unflinchingly, brutally direct and honest. What she went through at age eleven is unimaginable, and the fact that she survived at all is a testament to Jaycee's strength. 
 A Stolen Life is not an easy read, but it's certainly an important and worthwhile one.