Holy Disruptor

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"Not only was I singled out and shamed, but I was lied to as well. I'm still trying to untangle the lies—some of them televised across the country—from the truth." You've heard some of the story: the manipulation and abuse hidden behind the traditional Christian values that the Duggar family held up on TLC's hit reality show 19 Kids and Counting. As some of the scandal came to light, several of the Duggar children, including Jill and Jinger, have opened up about what it was like growing up in that environment. But for the first time, Amy Duggar King—a close relative who spent almost every day with her 19 cousins and her aunt and uncle—brings the story into sharp relief, vulnerably sharing not only what life was like with the Duggars but how she, at the end of the day, had her own broken home to return to, a home that was hiding many other secrets. Amy knows what it's like to be coerced and have her voice silenced. Her