Simple answer: no.
Essentially, she chose a job with a really long commute, and commuting expenses, whether mileage or lodging and meals is not deductible.
A situation where it would be deducible is when her work there was directly related to her current job in your home city, and this was just a temporary out of town assignment.
If her out of town job was not as a W-2 employee, but on a freelance basis, the expenses might be deductible. Even then, the answer is only maybe, depending on other details.
