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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... Gracie Fields , eh ? ' The speaker was a small man with a bald head , who smiled . His voice sounded almost chummy . Walter had heard of Gracie Fields , who was a singer , but he had never met her , and certainly did not know her as a ...
... Gracie Fields , eh ? ' The speaker was a small man with a bald head , who smiled . His voice sounded almost chummy . Walter had heard of Gracie Fields , who was a singer , but he had never met her , and certainly did not know her as a ...
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