Jinger Duggar’s Book ‘Becoming Free Indeed’: Biggest Revelations About Her ‘Cult-Like’ Upbringing, Marriage, Josh Duggar’s Scandal and More

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Telling her story. Jinger Duggar grew up in the spotlight, but there was still plenty TLC fans didn’t know about her life — until now.The 19 Kids and Counting alum, 29, released her book Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear on Tuesday, January 31.

Her memoir unpacks her ultra-conservative Christian upbringing, her life on reality TV and more while describing how she reframed her perspective on faith.“It’s been definitely a challenging process to write this book, but as I’ve said before, it’s the most important thing I’ve ever done,” Duggar exclusively told Us Weekly before the book hit shelves, adding that she hoped her words help “even just one person” find freedom. “I think in this book I’ve been more open and vulnerable than I ever have before.”The Arkansas native rose to fame on her family’s TLC reality series, which debuted in 2008 and aired for seven seasons. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar‘s large brood — and their controversial religious background — was the focus of the show until its cancellation in 2015. (19 Kids and Counting was axed after news broke that Josh Duggar molested multiple girls, some of whom were his sisters, when he was a teenager.)In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesOver the years, the Duggar family has weathered many storms in the public eye. “I’m still surprised the show lasted as long as it did,” Jinger confessed in her book. “In the early years, my family assumed the show would last no more than a season or two.

It didn’t seem possible that that many Americans would be interested in a family with our conservative values.”Jinger and her siblings were raised under the teachings of Bill Gothard, a conservative minister who founded the Institute in