Spring EN066-01 Reading Workshop: FEBRUARY 28, 2012 (TUESDAY)

Friday, March 2, 2012

FEBRUARY 28, 2012 (TUESDAY)

Thought I would share this photo of husband and wife that kidnapped Jaycee on her way to school. This novel made me so angry to the point where I kepted postponing to continue on with my reading. It wasn't because the novel was boring or easy to read rather quickly but all the sufferings Jaycee had to go through for 18 years of her long lost life. The words and images in my head would never be the same after reading the horrific incidents that went on repeatedly without remorse and guilt. The aweful situations in so many level of wrong doings to an 11 yr. old girl was not something I wanted to picture or even begin to imagine in one way or the other. Nancy (picture above) does not like sex and therefore, she supported her husband for his so called sexual problems.

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Dolores C.BrownMarch 3, 2012 at 7:21 AM
Majority of any child that has been kidnapped experience what Jacee has gone through, I can't wait for you to let us know of their penalty.
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