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Title:
Freedom : my book of firsts
Alternate title:
My book of firsts
Summary:
In the follow-up to her 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. A Stolen Life told the story of Jaycee's life from her abduction in 1991 through her reappearance in 2009. Freedom: My Book of Firsts is about everything that happened next. Jaycee 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 readers that there is, as Jaycee writes, 'life after something tragic.'
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Contents:
Fly me to the moon -- OMG! Out in public! -- Who's that girl on TV? -- "Smile" -- Cold soup? -- A dream is a wish your heart makes...when you're missing -- Just sing! -- "Puppy love" -- "Dream a little dream" -- Lesson learned! -- Walk the plank -- Don't judge -- Confessions of an imperfect person (or Where the heck are the minis?!) -- Addiction -- "Oh so pretty" -- In plain sight -- Disgusted -- Barbies are good for the soul -- Most embarrassing moment -- First Christmas -- That time we went to see Garth in Ireland -- Most frustrating moment -- Journey to a new land -- Two psychologists and a survivor walk into a bar... -- Hope is a four-letter word -- Lil Sis -- Where's the rage, Jaycee? -- Open wide and say AHHH! -- Through thick and thin -- Now that's grand! -- Baked potatoes -- Pass the cheese, please -- My inner circle.
Physical Description:
xx, 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Personal Subject:
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster,
Publication Date:
2016
ISBN:
9781501147623
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

©2016
Call Number:
364.15 DUGARD
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