Right before “Shiny Happy People” began streaming, the Dillards came out with another shocker.

The ultimate goal, they add, is “healing through honesty.”

When Jill first announced the book, it had a release date of January 2024.

Jill Duggar Dillard highlighted hair

“The NEW release date for ‘Counting the Cost’ is September 12th, 2023!”

The news was immediately met by more than 5,000 likes on Instagram.

True, a few critics dared slam Jill for airing her family’s dirty laundry in public.

“Mother will receive a different birthday present this year,” chuckled one commenter.

Another added, “I do wonder if [Jim Bob and Michelle] will secretly read it.

I think they will be desperate to know what she’s written about them.”

Is the new pub date a subtle dig at Jill’s mother, or just coincidental timing?

Whatever the case, Jill seems to be leaving the door open to reconciliation.

In a comment on an earlierInstagrampost, Jill declared, “I love my parents.”