Take three women and listen to the stories they tell here for the first time. Hear how unremarkable lives can become quite remarkable when they strip away the hair, the clothes, the makeup, the smile and reveal themselves for who they really are. Mixing their laughter with tears, each one struggles, each one wrestles with the past and fears the future. But which one of them has true hope?
Linda has been trapped for twenty years in a dangerous, abusive marriage. Why has she stayed so long? Will she finally take the way out that’s been offered?
Kate is not trying to have it all, she’s just trying to be a successful working mother, friend, wife and lover. Why doesn’t she shed some of the self-imposed load and play just one of these roles wholeheartedly?
Ruth does seem to have it all, but she’s crying all the way to the bank, and back to her single bed.
Take Three lets these very different women tell their stories, honestly, candidly, and with the hope that, whatever their situations, change is possible. Even if it takes everything they have.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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