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Ok it's a love story
It follows the stories of 3 ish people during different eras
That are all interconnected

One story involves two men crossing Siberia to escape from a prison camp

One story starts with a young couple in s America and there is a bus crash and his girlfriend is killed

It was such an amazing book and I would love to read it again but cannot remember the title or the author

Can anyone help.?
Many thanks x

Oh yes I read this. It's called Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann. I really enjoyed it. x

I think that was the book i thought was going tp be good and hated. Did it have something about chopping off willies at the beginning?

Five Go Mad With Severed Penises by Enid Blyton.

I think you might be thinking of Members Of The Secret Seven- Where Are They Now?, Linerunner.

Oh, this is annoying me now! I know the book and can't remember the title.

Random Acts of Heroic Love does start with the bus crash as you describe, but I think the two men travelling across Siberia having escaped from a prison camp happens in a different book. Just can't remember the name!

Piebald, yes, don't they come across a strange community where people castrate themselves voluntarily? Also, do you remember the idea that men escape in pairs so that one becomes the other one's "pig" - it's not possible for them to carry enough food to survive the journey, so the stronger one eventually kills and eats the other.

A memorable but quite grim read

The Siberian bit sounds like "The Peoples Act of Love" by James Meek

Got it, 2tired! Just found it on librarything. Well remembered

It's the kind of plot that stays with you

I knew it was that.

Oh piebald that just tested my pelvic floor muscles

Linerunner I mean.

Although to be fair that was an excellent setup by piebald

I want to read it.

me too! just added to my kindle..

Yes it was James Meek and it had a cover very like a book i had enjoyed (Maybe the random acts one-although self castration is pretty random!)
Anyway i will be interested to hear how you enjoy it Lineunner and popflos, I gave up on it -didnt think it was very "Naice"

finished!.. interesting story, the castration stuff actually makes it more interesting once you research it a bit more, had a quick flick today on wikipedia! nice to learn a bit about russian history, and always like a good horse in any story. over too soon tho, back to a series for me!