Winter Doves: A Love StoryTogether, Walter and June, a bitter, attractive, and corrosively articulate short-stay patient recovering from a suicide attempt, escape from the mental hospital and strike out on their own |
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Page 89
When his eyes had adjusted to the darkness, he pushed the wheelchair towards
the corner where screens surrounded the mattresses on the floor. He found a
mattress by feeling for it, and began to remove first Clifford's jacket, then his tie
and ...
When his eyes had adjusted to the darkness, he pushed the wheelchair towards
the corner where screens surrounded the mattresses on the floor. He found a
mattress by feeling for it, and began to remove first Clifford's jacket, then his tie
and ...
Page 107
And at that moment, when he knew how he would feel to see her unhappy, that
was the moment at which he realized that the feeling he had for her, this woman
sleeping so close to him, was stronger than any feeling he had felt for anyone
and ...
And at that moment, when he knew how he would feel to see her unhappy, that
was the moment at which he realized that the feeling he had for her, this woman
sleeping so close to him, was stronger than any feeling he had felt for anyone
and ...
Page 209
She had promised that they would meet together in Paradise, and there would be
no reason for Jesus to feel embarrassed since Walter was not one of His
Mistakes. 'What's it like, then?' "Walter blinked. 'Sleeping in the snow. What's it
feel like ...
She had promised that they would meet together in Paradise, and there would be
no reason for Jesus to feel embarrassed since Walter was not one of His
Mistakes. 'What's it like, then?' "Walter blinked. 'Sleeping in the snow. What's it
feel like ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Winter Doves: A Love Story |
| Author | David Cook |
| Publisher | Overlook Press, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0879519940, 9780879519940 |
| Length | 212 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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