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Chapters (21)
  1. Cover
  2. Bio (Robin Klein)
  3. Bio (Simmone Howell) / Also By Robin Klein
  4. Title Page
  5. All the Bells Rangby Simmone Howell
  6. Dedication
  7. Came Back to Show You I Could Fly
  8. Chapter 1
  9. Chapter 2
  10. Chapter 3
  11. Chapter 4
  12. Chapter 5
  13. Chapter 6
  14. Chapter 7
  15. Chapter 8
  16. Chapter 9
  17. Chapter 10
  18. Chapter 11
  19. Chapter 12
  20. POSTSCRIPT
  21. Text Classics

‘Well, my medicine’s sort of different. It’s like when you’ve got to go to a specialist for something instead of an ordinary doc. Believe you me, if there was any other way, I wouldn’t be hiking out to this dump every day! Geeze, I hate that Marilyn! She’s the boss lady in there and does she chuck her weight around, but no worries, she backed off this time. A lousy ten minutes late…the fuss she made! Know what I told her? I told her I couldn’t help being late seeing I had to pick up my little brother because it’s school holidays and I’m taking him out for the day. So, Seymour, little brother, let’s go and have some fun!’

Dear Dr Tyburn,

I guess I’d better say thanks for getting me on the North Road program. I should have said it in the surgery instead of ranting and raving and carrying on. Sorry, I didn’t mean to. I was just feeling pretty low and miserable.

Listen, would you do me a favour and not mention Nth. Rd to Dad if you see him at golf or anywhere around? I haven’t told them at home. They’ll only get their hopes up all over again. Maybe for nothing.

I did what you said and went out to see Marilyn and fix up about times etc. I appreciate how you got my name put ahead on that waiting list, but I don’t know, doc. I’m sick to death of things. I was feeling so browned off I really was going to nick off to W.A. and start all over again where no one knows me, but like you said it would only be running away and taking the whole mess with me.

Wish I could be more positive about North Road. It’s not going to work, you know! It never worked for anyone else I know, only Judy. But OK, I’ll give it a try.

Angie

P.S. You always were my favourite doc at Merken Clinic.

P.P.S. Remember that time when I was six and had to have a tetanus booster and you told me I was allowed to say one really bad word under my breath if it hurt? Well, talk about laugh—you know what I said? FUNGUS. (I used to think that was a really heavy swear word!)

P.P.P.S. Having to go on that fungus program! It’s OK, don’t get your stethoscope in a knot, I’m not backing out. I’ll show up, damn it!

(Fungus fungus fungus!!!)

Chapter 5

‘Isn’t it just fantastic?’ she said. ‘You can have any mansion you fancy, only don’t you dare go picking number seventeen. I’ve got my own eye on that one.’