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Diana Piantedosi, Sociology PhD Candidate, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (La Trobe University); Honorary Fellow, School of Health and Social Development (Deakin University), La Trobe University

Aussie film Take My Hand is a sweet love story – but it misses the mark in depicting chronic illness

MS Australia/tompaulbyrnes.com

Laura (Radha Mitchell) is an ambitious investment banker living in London with her husband and three children, at the peak of her career.

When she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and, in quick succession, her husband suddenly dies, she upends her children to return to her hometown in rural New South Wales.

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