6/29/2023 0 Comments In the Clearing by J.P. PomareBut they believe in the power of their leader, Adrienne, and they will do anything to help her “liberate a child from the world outside” to complete their circle. Amy and her “siblings” are given little food, punished in horrific ways, and sexually abused. Near Freya’s property, Amy is one of almost a dozen children and teens living at the Clearing as part of a New Age group modeled closely on the chilling case of The Family, a cult active in Australia in the 1960s and '70s. Freya manages to keep her past at bay with panic buttons and top-notch security, but there are signs that danger is encroaching on her life with Billy: strangers near her house, tokens left on her doorstep. But nearly 20 years ago, Freya was involved in an incident that caused her to permanently lose custody of her first child. She can fit in with the other school moms well enough: She teaches yoga, drives a Land Rover. A girl trapped in a cult and a mother with a tragic past are set on a collision course.įreya Heywood lives about an hour outside of Melbourne with her young son, Billy.
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