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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... face on the stretcher before it was pushed hastily into the Intensive Care Unit . It was that of a young man . It wouldn't see the New Year in , not that face . June didn't know how she knew , but she did . She was sure , sure of the ...
... face on the stretcher before it was pushed hastily into the Intensive Care Unit . It was that of a young man . It wouldn't see the New Year in , not that face . June didn't know how she knew , but she did . She was sure , sure of the ...
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... face felt thick and heavy . She would wash it off . Her hand touched the handle of the drinking fountain , but it was out of order . No water spurted up to cool and cleanse her face . ' Nothing works for long , does it ? ' She looked up ...
... face felt thick and heavy . She would wash it off . Her hand touched the handle of the drinking fountain , but it was out of order . No water spurted up to cool and cleanse her face . ' Nothing works for long , does it ? ' She looked up ...
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... face was close to his . ' It won't get you there as fast as the Tube , but it'll be a lot safer . All right ? ' He could not move , even his head . ' Turnham Green , isn't it ? I'll tell them at the desk . They'll come and get you when ...
... face was close to his . ' It won't get you there as fast as the Tube , but it'll be a lot safer . All right ? ' He could not move , even his head . ' Turnham Green , isn't it ? I'll tell them at the desk . They'll come and get you when ...
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