[Subdue] Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Dugger Vuolo 4 stars

[Sue]

This is the third memoir I've read recently written by the adult children of TLC reality TV shows. Minor children who's childhoods have been sacrificed on the alter of profit for TLC (and similar) and income for their parents. I fully expect that we'll see more of these heartbreaking memoirs emerge.

In the case of Jinger Vuolo, she was raised in a very publically fundamentalist family, part of Bill Gothard's IBLP movement/cult.

I loved Jinger's approach to this book. Rather than a tell-all, she chose to use this platform to dismantle both Bill Gothard and IBLP brick by brick. It's a well thought out response to an abusive cult and I congratulate her for her courage.

A wonderful documentary Shiny Happy People is available on Amazon Prime exposing the abuses of IBLP. The documentary isn't about Jinger herself, but her sister Jill does speak up in interviews in the documentary and describes their family's involvement.