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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... never had a visitor . Nobody had come from Woolworth's to see him , and he had never had any conversation with anyone who was not either Staff or one of Jesus's Mistakes . Until the sad lady in the Mother and Baby Unit had allowed him ...
... never had a visitor . Nobody had come from Woolworth's to see him , and he had never had any conversation with anyone who was not either Staff or one of Jesus's Mistakes . Until the sad lady in the Mother and Baby Unit had allowed him ...
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... never hit back . Never . Not even once . With her , he had been perpetually off balance , from dodging the missiles she threw . The screaming ! crying ! sulking ! She remembered her own guilt , and the aftertaste of pointlessness , and ...
... never hit back . Never . Not even once . With her , he had been perpetually off balance , from dodging the missiles she threw . The screaming ! crying ! sulking ! She remembered her own guilt , and the aftertaste of pointlessness , and ...
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... never spoke . But if he could speak , did that not destroy the understanding ? He had visited her every day , and lately they had held hands , and he had looked at her . The penetration of his stare had at first unnerved her , but now ...
... never spoke . But if he could speak , did that not destroy the understanding ? He had visited her every day , and lately they had held hands , and he had looked at her . The penetration of his stare had at first unnerved her , but now ...
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