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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... sound of which strong men had been known to weep . They would do tests , find nothing wrong , and offer to keep him in overnight . As far as she could tell , there was no one there , no one at work behind the moveable screen , who knew ...
... sound of which strong men had been known to weep . They would do tests , find nothing wrong , and offer to keep him in overnight . As far as she could tell , there was no one there , no one at work behind the moveable screen , who knew ...
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... sound at all but the sound of his limbs thrashing the ground . He had looked at her , and she had seen from his face that he was terrified , and noticed for the first time how green his eyes were , pale green like the colour of unripe ...
... sound at all but the sound of his limbs thrashing the ground . He had looked at her , and she had seen from his face that he was terrified , and noticed for the first time how green his eyes were , pale green like the colour of unripe ...
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... sound of her wheezing laughter , as she climbed up onto the organ seat . When the laughter and its echo had both ended , she said , ' And those not a million miles away from this organ who've made off with my red velvet curtain can put ...
... sound of her wheezing laughter , as she climbed up onto the organ seat . When the laughter and its echo had both ended , she said , ' And those not a million miles away from this organ who've made off with my red velvet curtain can put ...
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