By Danny Scheinmann
GENRE: Romance
Selected in July 2008
SYNOPSIS:
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?
(Synopsis taken from Goodreads)
REVIEW:
A mixed review for this book. Whilst some members scored it a high 7 others gave it a 4. Some were enchanted by the story of love and tragedy and enjoyed the written style. Others found it lacked substance and once finished was a book that would be easily forgotten.
THE SCORES:
Emma: 7
Gemma: 5
Nic: 4
Maria: 4
Average 5
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