![]() ![]() ![]() SIMON: She takes all of that up while she is in her self-imposed isolation. So neither of those things were very useful to me. I think it helped me a little because if I was having a bad day or I was particularly stressed or worried about the pandemic and how it affected my family, I would think, well, what would Meredith do in this situation? Although I do have to say that I don't share her aptitude for jigsaws or for baking. So by the time I was in a very similar position to her, I felt like I had kind of done the whole jigsaw thing and the baking and the online connections and the Zoom calls. I was writing about a character who was effectively self-isolating. And I still find that quite surreal, actually, that six months before we first went into lockdown here in the U.K. SIMON: I gather this premise was on your mind long before the pandemic made us all feel a little bit like Meredith.ĪLEXANDER: Yeah. SIMON: Claire Alexander joins us now from Scotland. My name is Meredith Maggs, and I haven't left my home for 1,214 days. But let's ask Claire Alexander to read the entire of her novel.ĬLAIRE ALEXANDER: (Reading) Wednesday, Nov. She has an online friend named Celeste and in-person visits from Tom, who's with a group in Glasgow called Holding Hands. Sadie, her friend, visits with her children. Meredith is not alone although she is the character at the center of Claire Alexander's novel, "Meredith, Alone." She's got a job writing website copy remotely. ![]()
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