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   >>> dugard,he califnia woman, spent 18 years in captivity at the hands of phillip and anthony garrido is revealing her horrific ordeal in her own words. with get more about the memoir.

   >>> jaycee dugard is now living in northern california with her mother and half sister . in her new book, jaycee said she's healing from the years of abuse she endured from the garridos. four weeks ago, with the sentencing of phillip and nancy garrido , jaycee dugard closed a da chapter in her life.

   >> i think it's fair to say a nightmare has come to an end.

   >> reporter: behd her now, the terror that began when she was 11, kidnapped by the garridos, and forced to live in a maze of rickty she and tents in the back yard of their california home. in her new book, jaycee chronicled the horror she experienced, beginning with her first night icaptivity. experts say writing about her past will help jaycee heal.

   >> she gets to put an end to the very dark passage. there are no secrets.

   >> she sparps no details -- she endures years of sexual abuse by garrido who fathered two daughters with jaycee . at first, garrido handcuffed jaycee to keep her from escaping. later he used other measures. but in august of 2009 , everything changed. phillip and nancy were questioned by police and jaycee , afraid to even utter her real name, wrote it down for a policewoman. it was like breaking an evil spell. i looked at her and said, i can see my mom? she said, yes. that was her moment of freedom. while others have reported her ordeal since then, it's jaycee turn to tell her story in her own words. david?

   >> thank you very much.

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