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PatiencePatience

Patience

Toby Litt

About this book

Elliott is something of a genius. More than that, Elliott is an ideal friend, and to know him is to adore him. But few people do know Elliott, because he is also stuck. He lives in a wheelchair in an orphanage. It's 1979. Elliott is forced to spend his days in an empty corridor, either gazing out of the window at the birds in a tree or staring into a white wall wherever the Catholic Sisters who run the ward have decided to park him. So when Jim, blind and mute but also headstrong, arrives on the ward and begins to defy the Sisters' restrictive rules, Elliott finally sees a chance for escape.

Details

Publisher
Galley Beggar Press
Pages
260
ISBN-13
9781913111052
OL Work ID
OL21648602W

Subjects

English literaturePeople with disabilitiesFictionOrphanagesMutismBlindFriendship

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