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Meredith, Alone
- Author
- Claire Alexander
- Narrator
- Freya Mavor
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 1 November 2022
- Run Time
- 10 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
"An optimistic, feel-good novel." —Kirkus Reviews
"A gorgeous, charming novel ... sweet, moving, funny, and hopeful." —Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne
Meredith has a full-time remote job and her rescue cat Fred. Her best friend Sadie visits with her two children. There's her online support group, her jigsaw puzzles and favorite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson poems. Also keeping her company are treacherous memories of an unstable childhood and a traumatic event that had sent her reeling.
But something's about to change. First, two new friends burst into her life. Then her long-estranged sister gets in touch.
Suddenly her carefully curated home is no longer a space to hide. Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door ...
Critics Review
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"I laughed, I cried, and I bowed down to the brilliant author of this brilliant book."—Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time
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"A gorgeous, charming novel...Sweet, moving, funny and hopeful, with a courageous heroine who sweeps you up in her story."—Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne
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"Alexander creates a winning heroine in Meredith and likable characters in her kind friends... An optimistic, feel-good novel."—Kirkus Reviews
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“[A] satisfying debut. The endearing characters offer a sensitive portrayal of what it means to live with mental health issues… with heart to spare.”
—Publishers Weekly
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"I shed tears. Very, very touching, sad, sweet and hopeful."—New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes
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Details
- Author
- Claire Alexander
- Narrator
- Freya Mavor
- Duration
- 10 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 November 2022
- ISBN
- 9781668611265
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
A warm and uplifting novel about a woman with trauma-induced agoraphobia who rejoins the world one step at a time. "An optimistic, feel-good novel." —Kirkus Reviews "A gorgeous, charming novel ... sweet, moving, funny, and hopeful." —Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne Meredith has a full-time remote job and her rescue cat Fred. Her best friend Sadie visits with her two children. There's her online support group, her jigsaw puzzles and favorite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson poems. Also keeping her company are treacherous memories of an unstable childhood and a traumatic event that had sent her reeling. But something's about to change. First, two new friends burst into her life. Then her long-estranged sister gets in touch. Suddenly her carefully curated home is no longer a space to hide. Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door ...
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