It must have a huge amount of courage for Natascha Kampusch to pen 3096 Days - the memoir that chronicles her 1998 kidnapping - with such honesty. She was only ten years old when Wolfgang Priklopil bundled her into his unmarked van and forced her to take up residence in a specially constructed dungeon. In the eight years that followed, she would interact with virtually no-one else. Priklopil controlled her day-to-day activities and tried to keep her docile through a combination of psychological manipulation, belittlement and physical abuse. At times, the vision of escape seemed very distant. To survive Kampusch had to dig deep and find a measure of empathy for her captor. A thought-provoking read. ( )