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    Freedom: My Book of Firsts
    Freedom: My Book of Firsts
    Freedom: My Book of Firsts
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    Freedom: My Book of Firsts

    Written by Jaycee Dugard

    Narrated by Jaycee Dugard

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    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 adjusting to life on her own.

    When Jaycee 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 Philip and Nancy Garrido, and gave birth to two daughters during her imprisonment.

    In A Stolen Life Jaycee told the story of her life from her abduction in 1991 through her reappearance in 2009. Freedom: My Book of Firsts is about everything that happened next.

    “How do you rebuild a life?” Jaycee asks. In these pages, she describes the life she never thought she would live to see: from her first sight of her mother to her first time meeting her grownup sister, her first trip to the dentist to her daughters’ first day of school, her first taste of champagne to her first hangover, her first time behind the wheel to her first speeding ticket, and her first dance at a friend’s wedding to her first thoughts about the possibility of a future relationship.

    This raw and inspiring book will remind you that there is, as Jaycee writes, “life after something tragic happens…Somehow, I still believe that we each hold the key to our own happiness and you have to grab it where you can in whatever form it might take.” Freedom is an awe-inspiring memoir about the power we all hold within ourselves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJul 12, 2016
    ISBN9781508224952
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    Jaycee Dugard

    Jaycee Dugard is the author of the memoir A Stolen Life, which tells the story of her kidnapping and eighteen years of captivity. Her second book is Freedom: My Book of Firsts.

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    • 3/5
      It was good but sort of boring. I would have liked a deeper look into reintegration in society

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    • 4/5
      I enjoyed hearing about her story of life after capture I think she is one very strong and amazing girl
    • 5/5
      I'm so glad that Jaycee is able to experience the life she wants and deserves. It's refreshing to have her viewpoint available for people to read and experience, in a way. I'm just glad she's still here with us.
    • 2/5
      While I have the utmost respect for Jaycee, her admirable desire to share her story, and everything she has been through in her life, this book needed a lot of editing. The writing was a bit unorganized and didn't make narrative sense. It honestly reads like a random collection of almost childlike preteen diary entries and musings versus a memoir. She talks more about her pets than anything else.
    • 5/5
      Good wholesome read. Jaycee is clearly just one of those people who are good no matter what. I really am just so happy to hear that she and her family are doing well.
    • 5/5
      After all she went through it was great hearing her own voice telling the world she has over come, she has won. You rock!
    • 3/5
      This is a follow up to kidnap (and rape) survivor Jaycee Dugard’s first book “My Stolen Life”. She was kidnapped at 11-years old and imprisoned for 18 years and had two daughters when they were found. This book tells of many things she did for the first time after she was free… things like her first plane ride (though she had been on a plane when she was younger), her first shopping trip to a mall, her first horse (she also had a dog and cats – some of the cats came with her from where she’d been imprisoned), and more. It was good, but she does sound very young, in more ways than one. I did listen to the audio, which she read herself, and her voice sounds young (she must also still look quite young, as she is often mistaken for much younger than she is). But also in the book, she uses a lot of sort of “catch phrases”. I can’t think of the correct term, but young, slang-sounding phrases/sayings.
    • 3/5
      Former captive Jaycee Dugard's second book (after A Stolen Life) is all about her travels, her foundation work, and her human and animal entourages. She comes across as a nice (and very resilient) person, and her writing skills have improved a bit since her first effort. However, her new, post-trauma lifestyle is not compelling enough to bear another self-penned title. Recommended only for readers who require a follow up to A Stolen Life.
    • 5/5
      It is a testament to the human spirit that Jaycee Dugard not only survived her ordeal, but came out it a strong, resilient and amazing woman and mother. She talks about some of the new experiences she had once freed, most of which we all experience but do so at a younger age and take more for granted than she does. It was wonderful to think about these things again with these thoughts brought forward through her perspective. It was also wonderful to see how much compassion and love she had for others and especially for animals, who are also dear to my heart. I enjoyed reading about how her life is unfolding and wish all the best for her and her family.