The Book of Essie The Book of Essie

The Book of Essie

A novel

    • 4.3 • 127 Ratings
    • $9.99
    • $9.99

Publisher Description

FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD

"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant 

A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart.

Esther Ann Hicks--Essie--is the youngest child on Six for Hicks, a reality television phenomenon. She's grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family's fire-and-brimstone brand of faith. When Essie's mother, Celia, discovers that Essie is pregnant, she arranges an emergency meeting with the show's producers: Do they sneak Essie out of the country for an abortion? Do they pass the child off as Celia's? Or do they try to arrange a marriage--and a ratings-blockbuster wedding? Meanwhile, Essie is quietly pairing herself up with Roarke Richards, a senior at her school with a secret of his own to protect. As the newly formed couple attempt to sell their fabricated love story to the media--through exclusive interviews with an infamously conservative reporter named Liberty Bell--Essie finds she has questions of her own: What was the real reason for her older sister leaving home? Who can she trust with the truth about her family? And how much is she willing to sacrifice to win her own freedom?

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2018
June 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
3.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Dylan Iskander ,

Excellent and Unique Story Line

What a treat this book was to read. The story was beautifully told, exposing and examining the many layers of both love and rage. Awesome book.

bookLove2018 ,

OMG!

I bought this book yesterday, I was amazing! Beautifully written, captivating characters, great ending!

oakes.lydia ,

Incredible!

This book blew me away. I started reading it thinking I already knew the whole plot, and it unpacks so much more than that. Meghan MacLean Weir develops Essie, Roarke, and Liberty into the best kind of complexity. It’s worth 100% of your time.

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