It’s been over two weeks since the release of Jinger Duggar’s memoir, and we’re still seeing new messages posted almost daily.
Many fans continued to express their disappointment that Jinger was not critical of her most famous family member.
Meanwhile, the others are dissecting each section in search of what little shade Jinger can throw at her parents and siblings.
We think this is a coping mechanism – which is a little strange, because Jinger has made it clear from the beginning of this book that it will not so terrible advice.
Anyway, Jinger made it easy for her family by being harsh in her comments against her church – the infamous Basic Principles of Life Institute – and its disgraced founder, Bill Gothard.
In one early chapter, Jinger describes the bleak life of a typical IBLP family.
“Imagine this scenario: A man and a woman get married. They immediately start having children because Gothard is against any kind of birth control,” he wrote.
“Because they are not allowed to send their children to school, the mother is at home, with morning sickness from a pregnancy of up to half a year, trying to organize and send five children to school,” she continued, noting that her husband works long hours. to “provide for the family.”
“They felt overwhelmed, unable to handle the responsibility of raising so many children practically,” Jinger explained.
Now, it seems that many readers interpret the passage as a passive-aggressive depiction of the real family situation that Jinger sees.
“Sounds like Erin Bates to me…. She’s crammed 4 kids into one bedroom in a two-room rental,” Redditor theorized, according to a British tabloid. Sun.
Bates, of course, is one of the stars Bringing Up Batesthe now-defunct WeTV reality show inspired by the Duggars themselves 19 Children and Counting.
But other readers thought that Jinger might be reflecting a situation closer to home.
“Jessa too – she didn’t move out of the 2 bed-starter house (“mould house”) until after Fern was born,” wrote one Reddit user.
“That’s not Jessa on the first page, she has a house, I guess Erin Bates or even Michelle, they have a million children in a small house,” another guessed.
“People think about this person or that person, it’s actually everyone in the cult who follows Gothard’s teachings and has optimal fertility,” said a third.
“I’m sure Jinger has seen hundreds, we only know the famous ones. That’s all.”
Well, it’s unlikely that Jinger specifically dumped Jessa, especially since Jessa’s husband, Ben Seewald, is credited elsewhere in the book as the spiritual mentor who helped Jinger escape IBLP.
As for how Jinger’s book has been received by her family members who are still at IBLP — well, the best-selling author says there have been some “interesting” conversations in recent weeks.
“It’s been interesting,” he recently told Fox News.
“We’ve had many conversations about our differences. Some accept it better than others, but in the end, I know they only want the best for me. Even though my parents are still in IBLP.”
It looks like Jinger isn’t too fond of some of her closer relatives.
But we believe it’s a small price to pay for finally sharing our story with the world.