Amy Duggar King lived her life on reality TV for nearly a decade, but as readers of her new memoir will learn, there’s more to her story than meets the eye.

In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Amy, 38, opened up about the inspiration behind her upcoming book, Holy Disruptor: Shattering the Shiny Facade by Getting Louder With the Truth.

“I was asked to write a book right after the Josh [Duggar] scandal, and I knew that I had to heal. I knew I had some things that I really needed to dive deep in, just in order to be more whole, and I had trust issues. I had a lot of anger. I had some things I needed to really straighten out,” said Amy, the niece of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, whose family rose to fame on TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On.

Before she began writing, Amy “did

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