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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... Baby John , however . She had no way of knowing how long a two - month - old baby could last without nourishment . It was too late to ring up The Daily Telegraph Information Service , and , strangely enough , it was something they had ...
... Baby John , however . She had no way of knowing how long a two - month - old baby could last without nourishment . It was too late to ring up The Daily Telegraph Information Service , and , strangely enough , it was something they had ...
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... Baby John ( who now slept ) had coughed up blood . It was difficult to disprove . She would show them his bib with the bloodstains on it . ( She had cut her finger , and mixed the blood with some of her own spit , before wiping her ...
... Baby John ( who now slept ) had coughed up blood . It was difficult to disprove . She would show them his bib with the bloodstains on it . ( She had cut her finger , and mixed the blood with some of her own spit , before wiping her ...
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... Baby Unit was not intended to deal with the problems of long - stay patients . Most of its mothers , if not ... John with her . They were sure at the Mother and Baby Unit that June , as an intelligent and responsible woman , would agree ...
... Baby Unit was not intended to deal with the problems of long - stay patients . Most of its mothers , if not ... John with her . They were sure at the Mother and Baby Unit that June , as an intelligent and responsible woman , would agree ...
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