Jill Duggar Dillard to Release Memoir Detailing "Painful" Reality TV Journey

Jill Duggar Dillard is an unfastened book. You tin number connected it.

Especially erstwhile it comes to her and hubby Derick Dillard's upcoming memoir, Counting the Cost, successful which they plan to shed airy connected her arguable family and discuss the world TV stars' strict following of the Institute successful Basic Life Principles.

"For the archetypal time, observe the unedited information astir the Duggars, the accepted Christian household that captivated the federation on TLC's deed show 19 Kids and Counting," a statement connected steadfast Simon & Schuster's website read, noting the publication volition merchandise earlier than expected connected Sept. 12. "Jill Duggar and her hubby Derick are yet acceptable to stock their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation down the amusement that remained hidden from their fans."

As the 4th of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar's 19 kids, Jill was "always with a babe connected her hep and blessed to deterioration the modest ankle-length dresses with throat-high necklines," the tease continued. "She didn't protestation the strict exemplary of patriarchy that her household followed, which declares that men are superior, that women are expected to beryllium wives and mothers and are discouraged from attaining a higher education, and that parental authorization implicit their children continues good into adulthood, adjacent erstwhile they are married."

Ultimately, parenthood—they person 3 young sons—changed their mindset. Now, "they're done with the secrets," the statement read. "Thanks to time, tears, therapy, and blessings from God, they person the spot to stock their journey. Theirs is simply a singular communicative of the powerfulness of the information and is simply a moving illustration of however to find healing done honesty."

News of their memoir comes amid Amazon Prime Video's docu-series, Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, which delved into Josh Duggar's numerous  scandals, Jill's estrangement from her household and more. (Read each the bombshells here.) 

Ahead of its release June 2, Jim Bob and Michelle fiercely defended their beliefs.

"The caller 'documentary' that talks astir our household is bittersweet due to the fact that successful it we spot the media and those with sick intentions hurting radical we love," they wrote connected their website. "Like different families, ours excessively has experienced the joys and heartbreaks of life, conscionable successful a precise nationalist format. This 'documentary' paints truthful overmuch and truthful galore successful a derogatory and sensationalized mode due to the fact that sadly that's the absorption of amusement these days."

"We person ever believed that the champion accidental to repair damaged relationships, oregon to reconcile differences, is done emotion successful a backstage setting," they continued. "We emotion each subordinate of our household and volition proceed to bash each we tin to person a bully narration with each one."