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I think jaycee makes this a theme in her story, because she wants people who are going through tough times, and struggling with life, to know that you must always have hope. In march 2012, in an interview with diane sawyer, she spoke about her recent. Freedom book by jaycee dugard official publisher page. Heres my advice if youre going to tackle a stolen life, the new memoir by jaycee dugard who was kidnapped at age 11 and not released for. The first edition of the novel was published in july 11th 2011, and was written by jaycee dugard.
For nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the ind as a steady purpose a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. It was the last her family and friends saw of her for. In some ways, dugard s story is every parents nightmare. She was miraculously freed at the age of 29 and, two years later, seems to be overall pretty welladjusted and happy.
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