Random Acts of Heroic Love The Heartbreaking Richard and Judy Bestseller |
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| Author:
| Scheinmann, Danny |
| ISBN: | 978-0-552-77422-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2008 |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Limited
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| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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"1992- Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn t know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever. 1917- Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Seven thousand kilometres over the Russian Steppes separate him from his village and his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him...
More Description"1992- Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn t know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever. 1917- Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Seven thousand kilometres over the Russian Steppes separate him from his village and his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The Great War may be over, but Moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil war. When Moritz finally limps back into his village to claim the hand of the woman he left behind, will she still be waiting? Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love. Cinematic and brimming with raw emotions, it is the magnificent and emotive debut from a remarkable new writer.