Claire Brooks and Oliver Hart begin their chapter-by-chapter deep dive into The Meadow Bleeds, focusing entirely on Chapter 1: "The Alcott."
They unpack Fia's arrival in County Laois, Ireland, the strange environmental anomalies surrounding the cottage, the haunting discovery of Meave's journal and 1984 Polaroids, and the Persephone symbolism introduced in Meave's Summer Solstice letter.