_A Stolen Life_ + "The Lovely Strangers"

I cannot believe it, I am almost to the end of Jaycee Lee Dugard's autobiography, A Stolen Life! I read it for about an hour and a half, and am only a few pages away from the end.  I read about 70 or so pages this week, but it was a little bit harder because a lot of the pages I read were journal entries from when she kept a journal on the computer that she used for work.  It took me a little bit longer, but it was more for me to take in! When I reached the part where she was investigated a few times by the Berkeley police, I couldn't help but think "what if?".  Had two police officers not taken her back for a second investigation after they found her in an intricate backyard of secrets, she may still be there today, living in captivity. It really was an epiphany-ish moment for me, because the series of events was so close to being something so wrong, and its hard to think about how if just one thing hadn't happened exactly the way that it did, she would still be living with her kidnappers today.

Along with A Stolen Life, I have also read something that my friend Caroline W. wrote, a short story called "The Lovely Strangers".  Yes, it has to do with One Direction, but it's also a good read.  I read 7 chapters in about 2 and a half hours.  Her writing is so interesting, because the main character is based on her, and I can see her personality through the character, Blakely, but also it is interesting because it was written by someone that I know personally.  I don't want to ruin the short story for anyone who may read it, but it is about a girl Blakely who traveled to Paris with her friend and her friend's family.  This story was actually based on what will happen over spring break, in just a few days, so it is really interesting to see everything that my two friends are going to do!