Her determination to get better and get outside is courageous, and the reader is with her every step - forward or back - of the way.

Her sister Fee deals with it by fleeing into an abusive marriage, but Meredith deals with it by fleeing from the world.Īuthor Claire Alexander is a journalist who has written about mental illness, and that background has served her well Meredith's two steps forward, one step back (sometimes three steps back) progress feels authentic. In flashbacks to childhood and young adulthood, the book reveals the root of her PTSD - a horrific upbringing, an abusive mother, sexual violence. Still, as the book opens, she has not stepped foot outside in 1,214 days. 'For the record, I don't have either of those things.' And perhaps she doesn't. 'I don't want to spend my free time reading research papers on social anxiety disorder or books about agoraphobia,' she says testily, in response to brochures that the well-meaning Sadie sends her. Meredith, Alone (Kindle Edition) Published November 1st 2022 by Grand Central Publishing. 'Meredith, Alone,' is the story - surprisingly upbeat and nearly weightless, in a good way - of her reawakening. She is 39, badly traumatized, and has not stepped foot outside of her house in more than three years. And of course she has her dear cat, Fred.īut what Meredith does not have is a life outside the home - literally. Meredith hasn’t left her house for 1,214 days. She has an online job as a writer and a tight group of friends on the internet. This strange sense of reclusiveness wasn’t a choice but a necessity, yet in many ways it reflects the life of Meredith Maggs the protagonist of Claire Alexander’s poignant and hopeful debut Meredith, Alone.

She has another friend, Tom, who started out seeing her as a client but who has become a pal. Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander is an emotional story about a woman who hasn’t left her home in months. She has a friend, Sadie, who visits often, sometimes with her kids. Despite the title, Meredith is not alone. Meredith, Alone Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc.

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