Kidnapped schoolgirl Jaycee Lee Dugard to write book about her 18-year ordeal

Daily Mail ^ | 11:14 PM on 27th September 2010 | Daily Mail Reporter

[Niuhuru]

Jaycee Lee Dugard, who survived being kidnapped aged 11 and held captive for 18 years, is to write a book about her ordeal.

She will pen the currently untitled book herself and cover her life from her abduction in 1991 to the present day, publisher Simon & Schuster announced today.

[Niuhuru]

Brave, very brave of her.

[keats5]

This could be therapeutic as well.

[stuartcr]

Good for her.

[humblegunner]

Is this the girl who was unable to escape from a tent in the back yard?

[Niuhuru]

Much better than going on a talk show and answering the prying questions of some scummy talk show host and likely getting upset.

[stuartcr]

I agree

[library user]

Yes. Her captor must have been very a-tent-ive during those 19 years.

*Groan*

[Niuhuru]

It’s psychological intimidation. Stockholm Syndrome.

[library user]

I once had Oslo syndrome. It’s like Stockholm syndrome, just a little more to the left.

[null and void]

This is the little girl who notified the boy next door through the fence that she had been kidnapped.

He did nothing.

Relative of yours?

[pennyfarmer]

Well at the age of 11 I am sure she was easily broken. It is much the same process as breaking an animal.

An 11yo girl is at the same mental capacity as a 1-2 year old dog. Not that difficult especially when you speak the same language.

[sodpoodle]

Happens here on FR - that’s when I take a break from BS and bullies;)

Jaycee was kidnapped as a child - abused and isolated as a pregnant teen. Once she gave birth to children, she had more souls to protect. Courage is fear interrupted.

There have been cases like this; of adults who had no survival skills and finished up dead.

[a fool in paradise]

Nancy Garrido is due back in court on October 1 for a final pretrial conference before her October 7 preliminary hearing. At that hearing, prosecutors would present evidence that the judge would use to decide whether there is enough to put her on trial.

Let's see. She matches the description of the abductor that was given to police by her father (and disregarded as they treated HIM as suspect #1).

[Niuhuru]

Sometimes the police are so abnormally stupid. They never take the right people seriously sometimes.

[Responsibility2nd]

That’ll come after the book is published. She’ll make the talk show rounds to promote the book.

[a fool in paradise]

Jaycee's publisher claims her book will provide a compelling insight into her ordeal. 'When I read the pages, I was moved and inspired by the raw power of Jaycee Dugard's voice, her strength and her resilience,' Simon & Schuster publisher and executive vice president Jonathan Karp said of what she has written so far.

Since she is sharing this material with persons other than her attorney, she is at risk of being forced to release her writings to the defense attorneys in the name of "discovery".

[a fool in paradise]

The abduction broke up his marriage as well.

He had to go in twice to submit to a lie detector test and passed both times.

[Niuhuru]

Real bad idea. She should stay away from it if she wants to rebuild her life in a healthy way. She needs to work on her mental health and work on getting better and getting job skills and then proceeding to build a normal life with a decent man.

[Slyfox]

I’d like to see her and her family sue the crap out of Child “Protective” Services or whatever outfit it was who visited his home but never checked the premises.

[Niuhuru]

Idiot police. I admire the police, but really, they never should have done that.