New England writer and editor Edie Clark's marriage was failing when Paul, a local carpenter, arrived at her door. A reclusive man in whose troubled mind dreams did constant battle with nightmares, Paul was the last person with whom Edie could imagine falling in love. Yet a spark was struck between the worldly, complex woman and the quiet, soulful craftsman.

Slowly, but with the same care and skill that Paul devoted to the cabinets he built and the barns he restored, Edie Clark brought peace and happiness to this gentle man. After her divorce, they married. And it was a true marriage of the spirit, luminously joyous - until tragedy struck: Paul was diagnosed with a particularly devastating form of cancer. And so began their mutual struggle - to hold fast to their newly forged love, even as they learned to let it go.

Poignant, affecting, and told with extraordinary grace and dignity, The Place He Made follows in the distinguished tradition of Death Be Not Proud as one of the most unforgettable personal memoirs of love and loss in many years.