Polly Connor Writes
she’s wearing a cardigan, and that’s all that she’s wearing. Lee gives a deep sigh. But that is at least a token of acknowledgement, to the pleas and the persuasions of the ward staff, over the last week. So he backs a little way out of the room, and holds the door almost shut, so […]
Read More whales and fat girls 6she’s wearing a cardigan, and that’s all that she’s wearing. Lee gives a deep sigh. But that is at least a token of acknowledgement, to the pleas and the persuasions of the ward staff, over the last week. So he backs a little way out of the room, and holds the door almost shut, so […]
Read More whales and fat girls 5she’s wearing a cardigan, and that’s all that she’s wearing. Lee gives a deep sigh. But that is at least a token of acknowledgement, to the pleas and the persuasions of the ward staff, over the last week.
Read More whales and fat girls 4Lee is a probationary nurse on the unit. In effect, this means it’s his job to make sure that all the residents on the unit are up and dressed in time for breakfast in the dining room. That’s unless they’ve got a damn good excuse. This doesn’t always get him a warm welcome from every […]
Read More whales and fat girls 3PATIENT REPORT: NAME: Karen Wilkins AGE: 17 SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND ADMISSION: Karen is a healthy young woman who was admitted to the central city psychological disorder unit with an abrupt loss of speech and motor function, after first being exhaustively examined and treated in the hospital’s emergency department. Several specialists have been brought in to consult, […]
Read More whales and fat girls 2“Is it just me or do I look like a whale in this dress?” Karen’s parents put her in the mental hospital. They do it when she wakes up, convinced that she’s an orca, a killer whale. It happens when she’s seventeen: on her birthday. Initially, there were no explanations. Noting but groans, deep, deep […]
Read More whales and fat girlsJANE IN SPACE by Miss Polly Connor Chapter 23 – In Which None Of The Crew Are Readers, Much There hadn’t, he was forced to admit, been a strongly cultural element to their liaison, these past six months. It had been much more a matter of the physical, of being teased and coaxed into one […]
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