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Falling Asleep Under the Love Umbrella – by Clare Millar
The first book I give H is a picture book … H isn’t drawn to books these days, having let reading fall to the side during uni, but I give the book to him on the way to my place. It’s autumn, but feels like winter already, and we shiver on the bus. There’s just enough light to read against the darkness outside …
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Poetry
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