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 87
... Rita . Both babies , her own Baby John and Rita's Robin Christopher , were asleep . Her suitcase had been packed all day . She had explained four times to Rita that she was to be transferred to another part of the hospital . It had to work ...
... Rita . Both babies , her own Baby John and Rita's Robin Christopher , were asleep . Her suitcase had been packed all day . She had explained four times to Rita that she was to be transferred to another part of the hospital . It had to work ...
Page 88
... Rita had a mental age of seven and a half . Since her father's death , when she was six , she had lived with her mother in a cottage between Rawtenstall and Birtle . Rita's mother had worked on the same six old - fashioned looms for ...
... Rita had a mental age of seven and a half . Since her father's death , when she was six , she had lived with her mother in a cottage between Rawtenstall and Birtle . Rita's mother had worked on the same six old - fashioned looms for ...
Page 93
... Rita , but signalled to Walter to come in . Together they tied Rita's hands with the rest of the pillowcase , then her legs with the cord of her dressing - gown , and strapped a leather belt round her knees . Though Walter could not ...
... Rita , but signalled to Walter to come in . Together they tied Rita's hands with the rest of the pillowcase , then her legs with the cord of her dressing - gown , and strapped a leather belt round her knees . Though Walter could not ...
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