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Random Acts of Heroic Love (Paperback)
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Short Description for Random Acts of Heroic LoveLeo 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. Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp separated him from his village and his sweetheart. The author paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love.
Full description- Publisher: Black Swan
- Published: 01 January 2008
- Format: Paperback 432 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780552774222 ISBN 10: 0552774227
- Sales rank: 36,449
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Random Acts of Heroic Love
Random Acts of Heroic Love tells two greatly affecting and timeless love stories. Author Danny Scheinmann has created a moving debut about love and loss that lingers long in the memory after the last page is read.
It is 1917 and Mortiz Daniecki is captured and imprisoned in a POW camp. Before heading off to fight Mortiz had snatched a kiss with his young love, Lotte. This moment -- that kiss -- is what sustains him through all the hardship of war and beyond. Finally, Mortiz escapes from the camp and then faces the all-but impossible journey back home. Astonishingly, the long walk back to his old life is a fictionised account of what really happened to Scheinmann's own grandfather.
It is 1992 and 25-year-old Leo Deakin awakens in hospital bed not knowing how he got there. Travelling in South America in his gap year, Leo and his girlfriend Eleni were involved in a car crash. The crash killed Eleni, but Leo cannot remember anything about it. His journey, now, is to rebuild his memory and his life.
by Mark Thwaite
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