falling apart
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Last published Wed, Jul 13, 2016
loving her was more fatal than any disease
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Suicidal, depressed, and afflicted with Huntington's disease, Max Bennett has never been much of an optimist. Self-rendered as unfit for interaction and emotional attachment, he spends a majority complaining to his therapist. When his assertive, overbearing father has his intern, Elizabeth, live with Max, all bets are off. Max's empiricism and hyper-rationality are challenged by Elizabeth's idyllic thinking. Will this hopeless romantic be enough to save Max from his own intrapersonal conflict?
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