The Place He Made
Clark, Edie (Villard, 1995)
Set against the rhythms of rural New England life -- gardening, remodeling old buildings, hiking -- Clark's tale chronicles her love for a local carpenter, their courtship, their shared experience in battling cancer (both his and hers), his death, and then her grief. Clark bravely rips the covers off uncomfortable subjects like forbidden love, disease, and death -- but she does it with such sincerity and grace that the reader is enriched rather than saddened or appalled.
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