Secret Lives of Mormon WivesStar Mayci Neeley to Share 'Juicy Play-by-Play' in New MemoirTold You So(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Mayci Neeley holding her memoir ‘Told You So’.Photo:Jason Neeley

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Mayci Neeleyis bringing her story to the page.PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of theSecret Lives of Mormon Wivesstar’s memoir,Told You So,forthcoming from Simon & Schuster this fall.Neeley, 30, rose to fame as a member of MomTok, a group of Mormon mom influencers who shared their daily lives on TikTok. MomTok came into wider pop culture when the Hulu showThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wivesfirst premiered in 2024, starring Neeley, along withJennifer Affleck, Demi Engemann, Whitney Leavitt, Mikayla Matthews, Jessi Ngatikaura, Taylor Frankie Paul and Layla Taylor.Told You Sowillshare Neeley’s story from the beginning, and “lifts the veil for readers on what growing up Mormon is really like,” per the memoir’s synopsis. Neeley writes about her experience arriving at Brigham Young University on a tennis scholarship, where she says she was “unprepared” for her new environment, which put her at risk of following a “dark and dangerous path.”

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The memoir also details Neeley’s experience becoming pregnant at 19, giving birth at 20 and losing her child’s father in a car accident, as well as her experience with in-vitro fertilization (IVF).Told You Soalso touches on how Neeley found love again with husband Jacob Neeley, and the inside story of MomTok.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!At its core,Told You Soshowcases Neeley’s path forward, and the new author tells PEOPLE that she discovered her love of writing while looking back on her own journey too.

Mayci Neeley holding her memoir ‘Told You So’.Jason Neeley

“When I was going through the hardest trials of my life, my dad handed me a black diary. He told me to write everything down — the good, the bad and the ugly,” Neeley says. “He told me that maybe one day I could use it to help someone else. That’s exactly what I did, and I fell in love with writing. It became my passion.”

source: people.com