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Random Acts Of Heroic Love Danny Scheinmann

Random Acts Of Heroic Love By Danny Scheinmann

Random Acts Of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann


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Summary

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. 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.

Random Acts Of Heroic Love Summary

Random Acts Of Heroic Love: The Heartbreaking Richard and Judy Bestseller by Danny Scheinmann

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A BESTSELLING RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHOR'S CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD

'A lush, romantic novel' Daily Mail

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?

'Special' Sunday Express
'Tender' Observer
'Mesmerising' Publishing News

Random Acts Of Heroic Love Reviews

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 *

About Danny Scheinmann

Danny Scheinmann is a writer, actor and storyteller. He has performed at the National Theatre and in over thirty countries. His tours include storytelling in Siberia and a year and a half working for an avant-garde theatre group creating shows with street children in Colombia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. He also co-wrote and acted in the acclaimed independent film The West Wittering Affair. He was born in Manchester and lives in London with his wife and three children. Random Acts of Heroic Love is his first book. It is the second biggest selling Richard & Judy book club title of the year, and has been shortlisted for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award. Rights have been sold in fifteen countries.
See his website - www.dannyscheinmann.co.uk

Additional information

GOR002768225
9780552774222
0552774227
Random Acts Of Heroic Love: The Heartbreaking Richard and Judy Bestseller by Danny Scheinmann
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Transworld Publishers Ltd
20080101
432
Short-listed for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2008
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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