Jaycee Dugard’s A Stolen Life is available on Audible as a 7 hrs 30 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jaycee Dugard.
Publisher’s Summary
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller—Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years.
In the summer of June of 1991, I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother that loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen.
For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation.
On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee Dugard. I don’t think of myself as a victim, I simply survived an intolerable situation. A Stolen Life is my story—in my own words, in my own way, exactly as I remember it.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Jaycee Dugard
- Length: 7 hrs 30 mins
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Release year: 2011
- Audible category: Biographies & Memoirs / True Crime / Biographies & Memoirs
Listener Ratings
A Stolen Life holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 5557 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.4/5
- Story: 4.6/5
- 5-star ratings: 66% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
4/5 stars — “Gut Wrenching”
This audio book narrated by the author, Jaycee Dugard, takes you into a nightmarish world that had me thinking, "This can’t be real!" However, it was real, and hearing the story in Jaycee’s own voice gave the book much more depth. What I liked most about the writing is that in the early chapters the writing was of a child. As the story unfolds the writing grows with the author. There is much to learn from her experience and the one thing I have learned is that if ever placed in a position where I had to remain hopeful of a loved one returning home one day, I would never give up that hope.<br/>The story had me sick to my stomach at times, cheering for her when she was reunited with her family, and even had a tear or two for her while listening to her story of her struggle to survive.— Joseph, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Good”
Oddly, I enjoyed reading the print copy more. I’m glad she read her own book, it’s just a bit tough to follow at times since she’s reading her own work, and sounds like she’s reading, rather than being a voice actor. <br/><br/>Her cadence reminds you this is the voice of the woman who actually lived it, and for me it’s too intimate. That’s just me and not at all a criticism.— KIC, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “emotional Rollercoaster “
cried with so many emotions. the sadness and pain when she was taken and locked away to the anticipation of overwhelming joy when her mother found out her baby was alive and many more tears when they saw each other for the first time, again. such an inspirational young woman. the memories came flooding back from when she was taken, we were the same age, looked similar and did not live far from each other, it was scary. I look back on that and it hits me harder even now— Amazon Customer, Audible listener
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