Random Acts of Heroic Love
by Danny Scheinmann
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Author: Danny ScheinmannEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN: 0312538332
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
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Book Review: Engrossing
Summary: 5 Stars
This wasn't a book I would have chosen...possibly because the title had the word 'love' in it and possibly because it was a Judy and Richard recommendation (they DO review some good books, but the fact that they never seem to dislike any...whereas I do....puts me off).
However, it was picked for the reading group I belong to and... I loved it!!
Love does play a major part , but not in a soppy way. The book begins with Leo who wakes up in hospital in South America to the realisation that his girlfriend Eleni is dead...then the chapters alternate between Leo's story and that of Moritz Daniecki a young soldier caught up in WWI on the Russian Front. In between the chapters are journal pages which include factual information on the trials of love in the animal kingdom; from crabs to elephants...sounds odd but is relevant and interesting.
This book is stunningly realistic, whether it's the battle of Gnila Lipa and the graphic description of war, backpacking in South America or the fun and friendship of university.
Roberto was fascinating, I can't have been the only reader considering researching quantum physics can I? ;-)
Overall though, it makes you realise the importance of having someone to talk to who understands, the knowing that you're not the first person to have known grief and...the realisation that life does go on.
Humourous...sad, heroic, brave, inspirational...a book to cover all emotions.
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