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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... opened his mouth . In any case , someone had once compared Walter's speech to a fart in a bath of soapy water ; it was better that he should not speak . Let her speak , and he would listen . Two other women came out of the Mother and ...
... opened his mouth . In any case , someone had once compared Walter's speech to a fart in a bath of soapy water ; it was better that he should not speak . Let her speak , and he would listen . Two other women came out of the Mother and ...
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... opened the grey weathered oak door . It opened , and they were out of the drenching rain . ' God ! ' June wrang out the edge of her coat , and watched the rainwater pour from it onto the stone floor . ' Pity it's not a Catholic church ...
... opened the grey weathered oak door . It opened , and they were out of the drenching rain . ' God ! ' June wrang out the edge of her coat , and watched the rainwater pour from it onto the stone floor . ' Pity it's not a Catholic church ...
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... opened by a small and very young nun . While the nun looked up at Walter , and smiled , and said , ' Hello ! ' the one woman in the queue before them rose to her feet , and , without a word or a change of expression , walked into the ...
... opened by a small and very young nun . While the nun looked up at Walter , and smiled , and said , ' Hello ! ' the one woman in the queue before them rose to her feet , and , without a word or a change of expression , walked into the ...
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