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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... thought how many . Very many , more than he could count , unless they were all to stand still for a long time ... thought of the Irish orderly for many years . Only the thought of babies had brought back the memory of him . After his ...
... thought how many . Very many , more than he could count , unless they were all to stand still for a long time ... thought of the Irish orderly for many years . Only the thought of babies had brought back the memory of him . After his ...
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... thought it was your mind you were trying to get away from . ' She thought , ' If only he wouldn't preface every remark by saying " I thought " in that way ! Doesn't he know how it provokes me ? ' There was nothing for him here . Why ...
... thought it was your mind you were trying to get away from . ' She thought , ' If only he wouldn't preface every remark by saying " I thought " in that way ! Doesn't he know how it provokes me ? ' There was nothing for him here . Why ...
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... thought of the memories she might lose , thought of her list of priorities , of her mother sitting on the door- step in her nightdress , her mother lying on the bed looking up at her without seeing her , of the grey blanket she couldn't ...
... thought of the memories she might lose , thought of her list of priorities , of her mother sitting on the door- step in her nightdress , her mother lying on the bed looking up at her without seeing her , of the grey blanket she couldn't ...
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asked Baby John Baby Unit bricks buttons carrier bags clean Clifford Clive coffee cold colour conkers curtain dance door Earls Court eyes face feel feet felt fingers flat cap floor floorwalkers Gate Gracie Fields Graham Gunnersbury Park hair hand head holding Hospital hub of Empire inside Jesus Jesus's Mistakes June's laughed leaned Leicester Square light listening mind Mother and Baby mouth moved never night noise noticed nurses once opened patients pigeons pills plastic pull remembered Rita Rita's Robin Christopher round scream seemed seen Senior Adviser shook shouted side sitting sleep slowly smiled someone sound speak Squatters standing stared stood stopped sure talk tell thought told turned Turnham Green voice waited walk walkie-talkie wall Walter and June Walter knew Walter looked Walter smiled watched Waterloo Station window woman Woolworth's words young