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Love In The Streets (Jerry Rothwell)

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Our collective imagination of homelessness is shaped by the idea of someone who is single and lonely. Roy and Morag explode that myth and take in companionship, humor and love, alongside the dirt, noise and damp of London’s pavements –a warm look at the chill of a (love) life lived on the outside.
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