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Sharing a house with an unpredictable man. Oxford. Summer of 1974.
People can recover from psychosis. Some are fortunate and have a single episode. Those less fortuitous only recover but are not cured. Connor was no exception. He belonged to the unfortunates.
The intramuscular injections of Chlorpromazine had its desired effects: his psychotic episodes became nuanced.
He returned to work. Negotiations with the Union bosses made it possible for him to keep his position as shop steward and work fewer hours. Emilee, however, now commenced with two extended walks per day, taking the child and escaping the apartment, but only after she had polished every surface and object inside, creating miniature mirrors, which reflected all her furtive glances.
She found it impossible to believe the
