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For three days, two strangers are stranded together during a ferocious winter storm in this spellbinding new novel from the acclaimed author of Life Among Giants. They’re calling it the “storm of the century,” so Eric stops at the market for provisions on his way home from work. But when Danielle, the unkempt and seemingly unstable young woman in front of him in line, comes up short of cash, a kind of old-school charity takes hold of his heart–twenty bucks and a ride home. It’s the least he can do, right? The trouble is, she doesn’t really have a home. She’s squatting in a cabin deep in the woods, with no electricity and no heat, nothing but the nearby river to sustain her. Eric tries to walk away, but she’s his problem now–that charitable feeling again. She’ll need food, water, firewood. And that’s just to get her through the storm: there’s a whole Maine winter ahead. She clearly doesn’t realize the trouble she’s in. Neither does Eric: the snow is coming down with historic speed and violence. He gets her set up, departs with relief, climbs to the road; it’s a job well done. But his car has been towed with his phone inside. There’s no choice but to return to the cabin. Danielle is terrified, then merely hostile–who is this guy with his big idea that it’s she who needs rescuing? As the snow keeps mounting–they’re forced to ride out the storm together. For better and for worse. Intensely moving and frequently funny, The Remedy for Love is a harrowing story about the truths we reveal when there is no time or space for artifice.