![]() ![]() Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door. Suddenly her carefully curated home is no longer a safe place to hide. Then an estranged sister she hasn’t spoken to in years. She has her jigsaws, favourite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson, the internet, the Tesco delivery man and her treacherous memories for company.įirst, new friends Tom and Celeste burst into her life. There’s her online support group, StrengthInNumbers. Meredith Maggs hasn’t left her house in 1,214 days. ![]() ![]() ![]() You might think those topics mean it’s impossible to enjoy a book but the best way I can describe it is while the tale is heartbreaking, it is also heartwarming. I will warn you, it contains sensitively written references to depression, self-harm, sexual assault, domestic violence and suicide. It’s hard to believe this is a debut novel. I was rooted to the chair, completely involved in Meredith’s world and heavily invested in her, if not happiness, then survival. This is one of those books I started reading and real life disappeared for a while. I happened across Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander on the library Libby App for digital downloads and something about it piqued my interest. After the final sentence of this book, I paused and then actually “oohed” in awe – it’s not quite a fairytale ending but a perfect one none the less. ![]()
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