 Together with two journalists, Kampusch's mother Brigitta Sirny wrote a book about the ordeal, "Verzweifelte Jahre" ("Desperate Years").Kampusch appeared at the initial presentation of the book in August 2007, but did not want to be photographed or interviewed.Sirny writes that she did not have much contact with Kampusch after the escape because Kampusch was shielded from the outside world.