Melanie Abrams's Meadowlark starts with a bit of history: years ago, two teenagers, Simrin and Arjun, escaped from a spiritual compound, then went their separate ways. As adults, Arjun becomes the leader of the "Meadowlark" commune and invites Simrin to come write about it and bring her young daughter along. Once she's there, though, Simrin becomes suspicious of the group's beliefs about children and power, and an ongoing investigation reveals more danger than she could have planned for.
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