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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... hub of Empire , sitting with them , resting their feet . Well , perhaps not children , though some were young , some not so young , all distinguished by chalk- white faces and long unkempt hair . Some sat on the island on which Eros ...
... hub of Empire , sitting with them , resting their feet . Well , perhaps not children , though some were young , some not so young , all distinguished by chalk- white faces and long unkempt hair . Some sat on the island on which Eros ...
Page 113
... hub of Empire . It did not go away . The coloured lights persisted and were joined by a high squeaking noise , as if millions of rubber soles were skip- ping over highly polished linoleum . The goldfish which had once inhabited his head ...
... hub of Empire . It did not go away . The coloured lights persisted and were joined by a high squeaking noise , as if millions of rubber soles were skip- ping over highly polished linoleum . The goldfish which had once inhabited his head ...
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... hub of Empire . Someone had discarded a large fish - head , together with some of the fish's skin , and near it a Japanese boy sat , reading a tiny book held E very close to his face . His spectacles reflected the 121.
... hub of Empire . Someone had discarded a large fish - head , together with some of the fish's skin , and near it a Japanese boy sat , reading a tiny book held E very close to his face . His spectacles reflected the 121.
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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