Julia Haart

Designer and entrepreneur Haart, now 50, starred in the popular Netflix series last year, which focused on her rise in the fashion industry after she left ...

At just over five feet tall, she got down to 73 pounds. Talking further about the book and her now feminist beliefs she said: 'It's basically the story of my trajectory. I believe in God now more than when I lived there. Haart got married at the age of 19 to a man named Yosef Hendler, and she wrote in her book that she had only met him a handful of times before their wedding. Nuptials: Haart got married at the age of 19 to Yosef, and she wrote in her book that she had only met him a handful of times before their wedding She continued: 'No one has thrown me into jail for demanding freedom. In her book, Haart wrote that she 'spent the first 42 years of my life in utter misery,' but admitted to The Times in a new interview that she purposely 'downplayed' the 'extent of her misery' in it. I always felt like I had to be obedient and listen. I had all this guilt for even thinking that. 'It's been very difficult. I had all these questions. so you can't play sports!'

ET spoke to the reality TV star ahead of the release of her new book, 'Brazen: My Unorthodox Journey from Long Sleeves to Lingerie.'

I look at that title, Brazen, and I realize it's who I want to be, I'm not there yet." This is what he was taught that he has to do and if he did not do it, his soul would suffer, my soul would suffer, our children’s souls would suffer.' So, she read it and Miriam and Shlomo have both read it and loved it." "It's obviously not the way it was planned, but I learned in my life that every time I think to myself, 'OK Julia, you're strong, you've proven yourself,' I feel like something comes along and says, 'No, you're not done yet. "Obviously, I can’t get into the details," she continued. "And so, when I walked out that door, to me, literally choosing to show my curves, be feminine enjoy my body, that's freedom," Haart added. "I realized that the point of this book is for people to look at my story and say, if this ignorant, uneducated, clueless woman who walked out of the 18th century into a world where nobody knew her, where she had nothing and she was a nobody, if she can do it, then I can do it." "I think two weeks before I left my community, Hurricane Sandy was going on, and there were leaflets and papers all over Muncy saying that Hurricane Sandy happened because women's wigs were too long, and so they were still attracting male attention, so all the destruction of Hurricane Sandy was on me. So, to me, feeling feminine makes me feel strong, and I think that true feminism is not pretending to be a guy, or trying to dress like a guy or speak like a guy. "In my world, I remember reading all of these books about like, Tzedakahs, which are a righteous woman that you’re supposed to aspire to be, and I remember thinking in all of these books, other than being silent, suffering in silence, all of that kind of stuff, the other thing that bothered me is everyone was perfect. "When I walked out that door, that means walking out on everyone that you know, because you know they will never speak to you again. "That is freedom, and I think for women -- we need our armor, they're not giving it to us easy. "I mean, actually I've had women come over to me at parties saying they’ve left abusive relationships because they saw the show."