Lost and Found

The True Story of Jaycee Lee Dugard and the Abduction That Shocked the World

By: John Glatt

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

In 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped on her morning walk to the school bus. The search for Jaycee made national headlines, and the case was repeatedly featured on America's Most Wanted. But despite her family's tireless efforts, Jaycee's disappearance remained a mystery.

Then, in August 2009, a registered sex offender named Phillip Garrido appeared on the University of California, Berkeley, campus alongside two young women whose unusual behavior sparked concern among campus officials and law enforcement. That visit would pave the way for a shocking discovery: That Garrido was Jaycee Lee Dugard's kidnapper.

For eighteen years Jaycee had lived on the Garrido property in Antioch, California. Kept in complete isolation, she was repeatedly raped by Garrido, who fathered her two daughters. When news broke of Jaycee's discovery, there was a huge outpouring of relief across the nation. But questions remain: How did the Garridos slip past authorities? And how did Jaycee endure her captivity? This is the story of a girl-next-door who was lost and found.

©2010 John Glatt (P)2014 Tantor

good story

I thought the narrator tone was off for the story. she sounded happy and excited when the story was sad and horrifying. the overall story was heart breaking.

Unbelieveable

I remember hearing this story but certainly not in detail like in this book. God bless Jaycee and her family.

Nurses aide

Please, change the wording... a nurses AIDE is not a NURSE! Nurses aides are extremely important, however they are not nurses! Nurses do a lot to become nurses, not just a 6 week on the job program in a nursing home.

Why publish before the trial?

Very detailed--perhaps too much so, as there is some repetition. My main complaint is that the trial and sentences aren't covered. It seems this was published in a rush to be the first account, which I see as poor judgment.

Additionally, the narrator's overall tone feels wildly inappropriate. Her inflections sounded more like she was narrating a lifestyle piece on a child's quinceañeara rather than the account of a brutal rapist and child kidnapper.

Get the Whole Story

I like that the author went back into the complete history of each person in this real life story. It helps you to understand how a person could ask so insidious. There is no mercy for this man and women but it helps you to fully understand the mind of such a narcissistic personality.