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Summary Of A Stolen Life By Jaycee Dugard
In the second section of A Stolen Life by: Jaycee Dugard, a few major events happened. At the beginning of the section Jaycee found out she was pregnant. It was Easter 1994. Jaycee was just thirteen years old. At the time, Jaycee was concerned that Nancy was going to be jealous of her having a baby with Philip. The day before the baby was born Jaycee left the house for the first time in about two years! Phillip and Nancy took Jaycee to a strange trailer. Jaycee had to squeeze herself and her belly underneath the seat in the van and ly there the whole drive to the trailer. Once the three had arrived, Phillip told Jaycee that this place belonged to his friend, Virginia. Jaycee was left at the trailer by herself and did some exploring. She found …show more content…
At this point there has only been a few in the last few years. Jaycee begins to think that she is pregnant again. She is experiencing the same feelings with her body as last time. She informs Phillip and he reassures her that he will take care of everything. Jaycee is seventeen years old. Phillip says that he would never hurt A or the new baby and that he is working on his sex problem. Jaycee gives birth to another baby girl on 12 November 1997. She is called S in the memoir. As the girls grow up they are taught that Jaycee is their big sister named Allisa and Nancy is their …show more content…
At the beginning of the section Jaycee talks about Phillips mothers cocker spaniel, China. While reading this I made a personal connection to Jaycee because I have a cocker spaniel of my own. In preparation of the birth of her first child, Jaycee watched many baby TV programs on TLC. Again, I was able to make a personal connection here because TLC is one of my favourite channels on TV where I watched many of the same baby and new mom programs that Jaycee watched when I was little. Lastly, I was able to make another personal connection to Jaycee’s favourite authors, Nora Roberts, and Danielle Steel. These authors are a couple of my Mom’s favourite authors. I immediately thought of my Mom while reading this

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