Hal: “You are a tough negotiator, but I accept your terms…There is nothing to be scared of!” Alas, unhappiness sidles in, often depicted in poignant emails: Lenore and Harold initially seem a fine match, both working in the arts, with a varied social life, similar literary tastes (at one point we’re shown their duplicate paperbacks), a fondness for kitschy objects, and a love of expensive fashion. The couple engage in a New York-style courtship: emails exchanged on napkins, notes tucked into books, a menu from the Oyster Bar, dinner at Wallsé, scribbled exchanges on playbills: “Excruciating/Unbearable/Who invited us?/Brown suit?” Doolan is an up-and-coming columnist for the New York Times, specializing in baking Morris is a freelance photographer. Harold Morris, 39, and Lenore Doolan, 26, meet in 2002 at the Halloween party of mutual friends.
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