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Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
5.0
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As someone that grew up watching the Duggar family and being completely baffled by their way of life and then watching the IBLP prime documentary, getting to hear everything from Jill’s own perspective was incredibly heartbreaking. The IBLP cult is insanely toxic and is hurting so many people and I’m really glad that not only Jill and extended Duggar family members but other ex-members are speaking out against them. It was also awful listening to Jill talk about the mental abuse she went through while being completely brainwashed and constantly manipulated by her father as well as constantly having to revisit the sexual abuse she went through as a kid when she just wants to be able to heal on her own. While there will always be many things that Jill & Derrick believe and support systems that I’ll never be able to support, I’m glad that they’ve found a way out from under her fathers control and are continuing to work through and question everything she learned growing up in the IBLP cult. Very riveting and honest read!