The Book of Essie Meghan MacLean Weir

In a reality TV–obsessed world, it’s pretty hard to keep secrets, but Esther Ann Hicks, known as Essie to the fans of the reality show her family has been on for years, has managed it. She’s pregnant, which in this strictly religious family seems impossible. As her mother confers with the show’s producers to try to figure how to either get Essie out of this bind or use it for better ratings, Essie herself is making different plans. With her new ally, she spins her own love story for the media, but all the while she’s considering how to come clean about the dark underbelly of her family’s life—the parts no one ever gets to see.