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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... laughed when they had said to her , ' It leaves no lasting deficit , ' which made it sound like an overdraft at the Midland Bank . She had laughed , imagining old Thanatos , the death - wish , in un- armed combat with tiddly little Eros ...
... laughed when they had said to her , ' It leaves no lasting deficit , ' which made it sound like an overdraft at the Midland Bank . She had laughed , imagining old Thanatos , the death - wish , in un- armed combat with tiddly little Eros ...
Page 159
A Love Story David Cook. women laughed , and began to applaud . When the applause reached Mildred's ears inside the bucket , she removed it with a flourish , bowed , wagged her finger at the audience , laughed , and said , ' Unwise ...
A Love Story David Cook. women laughed , and began to applaud . When the applause reached Mildred's ears inside the bucket , she removed it with a flourish , bowed , wagged her finger at the audience , laughed , and said , ' Unwise ...
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... laughed , or smiled , and squeezed his hand . Walter had made words he had never used before , words he had heard and stored away in his mind . There had been no darting flickering goldfish in his head ; his thoughts had been clear . In ...
... laughed , or smiled , and squeezed his hand . Walter had made words he had never used before , words he had heard and stored away in his mind . There had been no darting flickering goldfish in his head ; his thoughts had been clear . In ...
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