Tento autor sa zaoberá témami únosu, zneužívania a dlhodobého uväznenia. Jeho diela skúmajú psychologické dopady traumatických zážitkov a vytrvalosť ľudského ducha tvárou v tvár nepredstaviteľnému utrpeniu. Prostredníctvom svojho písania ponúka hlboký vhľad do temných zákutí ľudskej skúsenosti a zároveň zdôrazňuje silu nádeje a odolnosti.
V lete roku 1991 som bola úplne obyčajné dievčatko. A robila som úplne obyčajné veci. Mala som kamarátky a mamu, ktorá ma ľúbila. Bola som ako vy. Až do dňa, keď mi ten obyčajný život ukradli. Osemnásť rokov ma väznili a zneužívali. Osemnásť rokov som nesmela vysloviť svoje meno. Stala som sa matkou, no prinútili ma hrať rolu sestry. Osemnásť rokov som prežívala čiernu moru. Až 26. augusta 2009 som svoje meno získala späť. Volám sa Jaycee Lee Dugardová. A nepokladám sa za obeť. Prežila som. Ukradnutý život je príbeh o mne, vyrozprávaný mojimi slovami presne tak, ako si ho pamätám.
"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. A Stolen Life, which sold nearly two million copies, 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. '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 readers that there is, as Jaycee writes, 'life after something tragic happens'"--Provided by publisher.
