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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... clean nappy . ' ' You'll wait a fucking long time , then . ' The conversation was about the state of the baby's nappy , but its sub - text was about authority and ownership . Since the young mother's attempts at infanticide , the child ...
... clean nappy . ' ' You'll wait a fucking long time , then . ' The conversation was about the state of the baby's nappy , but its sub - text was about authority and ownership . Since the young mother's attempts at infanticide , the child ...
Page 65
... clean at all times , ready for Judgement Day , when Jesus was to decide who should live with Him and who must go ... cleaning parts his mother would not touch . Clifford ... it was a long losing battle he had with Clifford's body ...
... clean at all times , ready for Judgement Day , when Jesus was to decide who should live with Him and who must go ... cleaning parts his mother would not touch . Clifford ... it was a long losing battle he had with Clifford's body ...
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... clean as a new pin , while Sister Rachael , who was more given to wit , had claimed that he was as clean as an old nun . Although that Saint Christopher after whom we may suppose him to have been named was the patron saint of travellers ...
... clean as a new pin , while Sister Rachael , who was more given to wit , had claimed that he was as clean as an old nun . Although that Saint Christopher after whom we may suppose him to have been named was the patron saint of travellers ...
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asked Baby John Baby Unit bricks buttons carrier bags clean Clifford Clive coffee cold colour conkers curtain dance door Earls Court eyes face feel feet felt fingers flat cap floor floorwalkers Gate Gracie Fields Graham Gunnersbury Park hair hand head holding Hospital hub of Empire inside Jesus Jesus's Mistakes June's laughed leaned Leicester Square light listening mind Mother and Baby mouth moved never night noise noticed nurses once opened patients pigeons pills plastic pull remembered Rita Rita's Robin Christopher round scream seemed seen Senior Adviser shook shouted side sitting sleep slowly smiled someone sound speak Squatters standing stared stood stopped sure talk tell thought told turned Turnham Green voice waited walk walkie-talkie wall Walter and June Walter knew Walter looked Walter smiled watched Waterloo Station window woman Woolworth's words young