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 77
... conkers ' . Which were the colour of her eyes . It was cold . The cold wind crept its way into her open - knit cardigan . She had been pulling it round herself , but now she let it go , and began instead slowly to undo the top button of ...
... conkers ' . Which were the colour of her eyes . It was cold . The cold wind crept its way into her open - knit cardigan . She had been pulling it round herself , but now she let it go , and began instead slowly to undo the top button of ...
Page 81
... conkers which were her eyes . They were going to move her into the main building . The Mother and Baby Unit was not intended to deal with the problems of long - stay patients . Most of its mothers , if not positively elated , at least ...
... conkers which were her eyes . They were going to move her into the main building . The Mother and Baby Unit was not intended to deal with the problems of long - stay patients . Most of its mothers , if not positively elated , at least ...
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... conkers . He saw himself reflected in them , saw his own face , his own ugliness , saw what had caused children and adults to laugh . But June had never laughed at his face , never stifled her giggles with one hand over her mouth ...
... conkers . He saw himself reflected in them , saw his own face , his own ugliness , saw what had caused children and adults to laugh . But June had never laughed at his face , never stifled her giggles with one hand over her mouth ...
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