The Girl You Left Behind - Softcover

Moyes, Jojo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405919728 ISBN 13: 9781405919722

Publisher: Penguin, 2014

Synopsis

A German Kommandant, occupying a French town in World War I, obssesses over a portrait of Sophie, a woman who risks everything to reunite with her husband; and a century later, Liv, a widow, is caught in a a dispute over the ownership of the valuable work.

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Review:

Praise for The Girl You Left Behind (-)

Moyes is the queen of the classy weepy and this won't disappoint. A masterclass in story-telling that fans of Me Before You will adore (Elle)

Another heart-stoppingly brilliant novel from Jojo Moyes (Marie Claire)

Jojo Moyes paints a genuinely moving, beautiful picture of how love and belief will ultimately win the war, even if they can't win the battle. The Girl You Left Behind is a true work of art (Fabulous Magazine)

Wonderfully well-written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative. It will make you think long after you finish the final page (Daily Mail)

Even as Moyes tackles the inflammatory issues around art stolen during wartime, she never loses sight of the driving engine of her narrative . . . this pleasurably assured writer skilfully balances the quotidian and the comic with the broad and universal, leaving us with the tantalising possibility of a potential caper to come (Independent on Sunday)

From the Back Cover:

Whatever happened to the girl you left behind?

In 1916 French artist Édouard Lèfevre leaves his wife Sophie to go fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, Édouard's portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything - her family, reputation and life - in the hope of seeing her true love one last time.

Nearly a century later, Sophie's portrait is given to Liv by her young husband shortly before his sudden death. Its beauty speaks to their short life together, but when the painting's dark and passion-torn history is revealed, Liv discovers that the first spark of love she has felt since she lost him is threatened . . .

In The Girl You Left Behind two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for what they love most - whatever the cost.

'This story is wonderfully well-written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative. It will make you think long after you finish the final page'
Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1405919728
• ISBN 13: 9781405919722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560