Are the Duggar Memoirs a Ploy?

Becoming Free Indeed and Counting the Cost

My breath caught when I was asked if the Duggar girls’ memoirs—Jinger’s Becoming Free Indeed and Jill’s Counting the Cost—are a ploy. The two books are not the same. The authors are, however, Jim Bob’s daughters. It’s a fair question.

A ploy is a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage. If there was any doubt left that…