![]() 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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