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Collin Gosselin is group to expose “the shocking destruction of his picture-perfect family” successful a bombshell memoir this fall.
Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin’s son’s tell-all, “In nan Shadow of Eight: Surviving nan Reality of My Childhood,” will deed bookshelves connected Oct. 13.
The book’s description, shared by nan patient Tuesday, promises to stock nan “never-before-told communicative of really [Collin] escaped and recovered his measurement backmost from nan dark.”
The connection continued, “This is simply a reckoning pinch nan acheronian broadside of fame: nan systems, nan entourage, and nan institutions that allowed 1 boy to beryllium erased.”
In nan text, nan 22-year-old will revisit “being held down, nan basement compartment wherever he was hidden for years and nan cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced connected an 11-year-old boy.”
The announcement besides teased a “Christmas greeting wherever nan gifts were reclaimed arsenic soon arsenic nan cameras went down.”
The cover, notably, features a throwback photograph of Kate, 51, clamping her manus complete Collin’s mouth.
In summation to Collin, Kate and Jon, 49, are nan parents of his sextuplet siblings — Aaden, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah — and 25-year-old twins Cara and Madelyn.
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Their family starred successful nan TLC reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” which was rebranded to “Kate Plus 8” aft nan couple’s divorce, from 2007 to 2017.
The pursuing year, Jon was granted sole custody of Collin, pinch Hannah later moving successful pinch her dada arsenic well.
Collin has since many times made headlines for blasting his mom pinch claims of alleged “child maltreatment and kid exploitation,” from being zip-tied and locked successful a basement to being institutionalized.
Kate has many times denied her child’s maltreatment claims.
Madelyn, meanwhile, defended her mom successful 2023 by accusing Collin of “physical violence” and “hate speech” — which her relative and dada person denied.
While his puerility was “broadcast to millions,” Collin told Us Weekly connected Tuesday that “much of [what went on] was deliberately kept hidden.”
He told nan outlet, “Finally, I’m sharing what was really happening down nan scenes. This book is astir truth, survival, resilience and uncovering my sound aft years of being silenced.
“If my communicative helps moreover 1 personification consciousness little unsocial aliases gives them nan courageousness to show their own, past each difficult page was worthy writing,” Collin continued.
He elaborated connected antecedently keeping his experiences private, explaining, “I was afraid. … I didn’t deliberation anyone would judge me. And … I conscionable wasn’t ready.”
He added, “Writing this book forced maine to revisit immoderate of nan hardest moments of my life, but it besides gave maine thing I’ve been searching for for a agelong time: my voice. This isn’t nan communicative group deliberation they know. It’s nan communicative I’ve lived.”
Jon proudly posted pre-order links to nan book via Instagram Stories, while Kate has yet to station astir nan upcoming merchandise connected societal media.
Reps for Jon and Kate did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for comment.
