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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I was expecting a lot more oomph, but the story just falls flat. There's a lot of repetition. I didn't understand why both communes were considered so scandalous and required all that public enquiry. Seemed like just a bunch of hippies, nothing dark and sinister about that. Not sure if I missed the deep dark secrets. The ending was rushed as well. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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After growing up in an austere spiritual compound, two teenagers, Simrin and Arjun, escape and go their separate ways. Years later, Simrin receives an email from Arjun. As they reconnect, Simrin learns that he has become the charismatic leader of Meadowlark, a commune in the Nevada desert that allows children to discover their "gifts." In spite of their fractured relationship, Simrin, a photojournalist, agrees to visit Meadowlark to document its story. She arrives at the commune with her five-year-old daughter in tow and soon realizes there is something disturbing about Arjun's beliefs concerning children and their unusual abilities. When she discovers that the commune is in the midst of a criminal investigation, her unease grows deeper still. As tensions with police heighten, Arjun's wife begins to make plans of her own, fearing the exposure the investigation might bring for her and her children. Both mothers find themselves caught in a desperate situation, and as the conflict escalates, everyone involved must make painful--and potentially tragic--choices that could change their worlds forever. No library descriptions found. |
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