Best-selling author Marian Keyes reveals she needs to be alone for 22 hours a day after peri-menopause tipped her into a serious bout of depression The author of Again, Rachel, 60, manages her condition by saying no to plans READ MORE: Sally Rooney fans start the countdown to her next book as her publisher teases the release of Intermezzo - but will it rival Normal People? By Dolly Busby Showbusiness Reporter Published: 12:52 BST, 27 May 2024 | Updated: 13:18 BST, 27 May 2024 e-mail View comments Marian Keyes has revealed she needs to be alone for 22 hours a day after peri-menopause contributed to a crippling five-year bout of depression from 2009 to 2014. The best-selling author of Again, Rachel, 60, from Ireland, shared that she copes with her post-depression by saying no to plans and keeping her friendship circle smaller. She said: 'I say no a lot more now because I have to.
If I do too much I get spinny, like I'm dreaming and that's always a sign. 'Like I'm walking around in a film of my own life and that's a real sign that I have to stop. I said I need to be alone for 22 hours a day, [since peri-menopause] and I kind of do.
' But the 60-year-old told audiences at Hay Literature Festival: 'It doesn't wear off that feeling when you start to feel normal after you've been unwell. The utter delight of feeling normal is a gift that never ceases to thrill me. Author Marian Keyes (pictured) has revealed she must be alone for 22 hours a day after peri-menopause led to an intense f.
