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Ellie has quit her job at an insurance agency and is working pat-time in the box office of an LGBTQ+ theatre while trying to write her play.\u003cp\u003eJorge is frequently unemployed and trying to establish a new relationship through a dating website. 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Of joy. Of laughter. And yes, of sadness. I'm lucky I had a big box of tissues close by.\"\u003cbr\u003eYou cracked my heart, and then fixed it. Broke my heart, and then repaired it. Smashed my heart into smithereens, but somehow left me feeling that it was fully mended.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I don't know if it's because I have MS, but I laughed, cheered, and cried. Sometimes all three in the same chapter.\" \"You don't have to be sick to love this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"As a cat lover, 'kitty' was my favorite part of a mighty fine book!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e: Paul and Deena are friends with MS and Parkinson's Disease respectively. They've found a wonderful flat renovated for people with disabilities, only they can't afford it. Enter Albert, a former nurse with cancer, and Bolton, an athletic paraplegic. They too look at the flat, and love it. But can't afford it. The solution? The four of them move in together. And life happens.\u003cbr\u003ePaul, who has retired from motivational speaking, is motivated into accepting another talk, while working on a painting. Bolton, a former sprinter, is motivated to try out for the wheelchair racing team and wheelchair basketball team, while setting up his web design business. Deena, a former PhD student, needs help with her renovation business. Instead of helping to heal people, which he did as a nurse, Albert begins to help Deena heal houses.\u003cbr\u003eOur main characters also have to sort out issues with former partners, some of whom have broken up on good terms and some on terms that were not so good, all while dealing with their maladies, and helping each other deal with their chronic issues. In short, illness and disease does not make life, which can feel and be complex when you are healthy, any simpler when you are sick. Especially if you are determined to live as full a life as possible, despite your malady. 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