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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... close the front door of their newly acquired house . Her house now . The recent damp spell had caused all the wood to swell . All the doors were difficult to open , and , once opened , almost impossible to close . The front door was ...
... close the front door of their newly acquired house . Her house now . The recent damp spell had caused all the wood to swell . All the doors were difficult to open , and , once opened , almost impossible to close . The front door was ...
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... close and lock the front door quietly . She draped the coat over the banister . It fell to the floor . She stood , looking down at it , unable to decide whether to pick it up . The decision seemed important . She must get everything ...
... close and lock the front door quietly . She draped the coat over the banister . It fell to the floor . She stood , looking down at it , unable to decide whether to pick it up . The decision seemed important . She must get everything ...
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... close , and she almost cried out for the comfort in those moments . Then he looked down at his wrist , and June noticed his watch , and realized that the comfort of those physically close moments was all in the past . She had cried ...
... close , and she almost cried out for the comfort in those moments . Then he looked down at his wrist , and June noticed his watch , and realized that the comfort of those physically close moments was all in the past . She had cried ...
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