Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

Counting the Cost

by Jill Duggar

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Jill Duggar discovered she had unknowingly signed a performance contract before her televised wedding. It's one thread in a memoir, written with her husband Derick Dillard and Craig Borlase, about growing up on TLC inside the IBLP, which she calls a culture of fear and manipulation, and breaking with her parents.

Core ideas
  • A family franchise: Her father Jim Bob negotiated the TLC deal, which grew from 17 Kids and Counting to 19.
  • Money and filming: The show's financial arrangements come under scrutiny, and disputes over filming led to her estrangement from her parents.
  • A faith of her own: Her brother Josh, a sex offender, limits on daughters' education and legal action seeking answers give way to therapy, boundaries and faith outside the IBLP.
Published2023
Pages287
ISBN9781668024447
ReadSep 2023

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