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Couch Freud's patients reclined on a chaise longue which was covered with an oriental rug, the designs on which formed a complex series of mandalas. Freud sat in a squat green velvet armchair behind the patient's head, listening to the patient's story. |
| from Red Shoes,
a novel by Carmel Bird published February 1998 by Random
House Australia. Aust RRP $17.95 . ISBN 0-09-183401-5. Copyright © Carmel Bird 1998. All rights reserved. |