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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... moved fast , looking down or straight ahead . They moved past Walter like buses one has just missed . Even if he were brave enough to shout after them , they would not turn round ; he would have to wait for the next . The people who ...
... moved fast , looking down or straight ahead . They moved past Walter like buses one has just missed . Even if he were brave enough to shout after them , they would not turn round ; he would have to wait for the next . The people who ...
Page 182
... moved . But then where would we put our elbows ? Your cap ? My forms ? Biros ? Worry - beads ? Your identity bumf , if you had any ? ' ' I can't stand being watched . Things don't always last , Walter . Feelings change . ' And he had ...
... moved . But then where would we put our elbows ? Your cap ? My forms ? Biros ? Worry - beads ? Your identity bumf , if you had any ? ' ' I can't stand being watched . Things don't always last , Walter . Feelings change . ' And he had ...
Page 185
... moved quickly to the door , had been able to do so much . ' June ! ' One word . Too late . It had echoed round the ... moved . It had pushed at his forehead from inside , and had churned around in the base of his stomach , as though ...
... moved quickly to the door , had been able to do so much . ' June ! ' One word . Too late . It had echoed round the ... moved . It had pushed at his forehead from inside , and had churned around in the base of his stomach , as though ...
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