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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... floor . She stood , looking down at it , unable to decide whether to pick it up . The decision seemed important . She must get everything right this time , and the coat reminded her of the mistakes she had made in the past . So many ...
... floor . She stood , looking down at it , unable to decide whether to pick it up . The decision seemed important . She must get everything right this time , and the coat reminded her of the mistakes she had made in the past . So many ...
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... floor ? She would do better to take it all upstairs . June lifted the glass - topped coffee table carefully , so as to spill neither drink nor pills , and carried it into the hall . Then she saw again her coat lying on the floor . She ...
... floor ? She would do better to take it all upstairs . June lifted the glass - topped coffee table carefully , so as to spill neither drink nor pills , and carried it into the hall . Then she saw again her coat lying on the floor . She ...
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... floor again . If only she could get downstairs where they were arguing ! Even if it wasn't her mother's voice she could hear , but the voice of a stranger , she would still be able to sneak out by the back way , and run to the railway ...
... floor again . If only she could get downstairs where they were arguing ! Even if it wasn't her mother's voice she could hear , but the voice of a stranger , she would still be able to sneak out by the back way , and run to the railway ...
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