Random Acts of Heroic Love - Hardcover

Scheinmann, Danny

3.83

3,769 ratings by Goodreads

9780312538330: Random Acts of Heroic Love

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312538332 ISBN 13: 9780312538330

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009

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With over 200,000 copies sold in the UK, a Richard & Judy pick, rights sold in 19 countries, called “riveting” and “mesmerizing,” this is a cinematic debut from a gifted new writer. Based on real family events, Danny Scheinmann’s novel paints a dramatic portrait of two epic love stories.

1992: Traveling through South America with his girlfriend, Leo wakes up in a hopsital to find his girlfriend is dead. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But a surprising secret leads Leo to discover something that will change his life forever.

1917: Moritz is a POW fugitve, with seven thousand kilometers of the Russian steppes separating him from his first love, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The war may be over, but he now faces a perilous journey and the insecurity of whether his love is still waiting.

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Review:

"Tender and insightful" (Observer)

"Two strikingly different tales of love and grief are gradually revealed to have more in common than just the tenactiy of both men to cling desperately to the memory of love... a lush, romantic novel" (Daily Mail)

"Really is as special as its press suggests... beautifully told... an amazingly assured debut" (Sunday Express)

"This riveting novel is an unforgettable tale of two men sustained by love in times of conflict" (The Lady)

"A tour de force... mesmerizing" (Publishing News)

Book Description:

Can love outwit death? A heartbreaking epic story of two lives sustained by the memory of love

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