Super Short Summary

The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir is set in the Bible Belt and follows Esther Hicks, the daughter of a famous Evangelical preacher, who is entangled in her family's reality TV show, "Six for Hicks." When Esther becomes pregnant, she devises a plan to escape her controlling family by marrying a high school senior, Roarke Richards. Together, with the help of a jaded reporter, Liberty Bell, they navigate the media circus and seek freedom from their manipulative environments. This book contains themes of manipulation and abuse.