Penguin
July 2014
On Sale: June 24, 2014
464 pages ISBN: 014312577X EAN: 9780143125778 Paperback Add to Wish List
Another New York Times bestseller by the author of Me Before You and One Plus Oneรขโฌโa spellbinding story of two women united in their fight for what they love most Jojo Moyesรขโฌโขs word-of-mouth bestseller, Me Before You, catapulted her to wide critical acclaim and struck a chord with a wide range of readers everywhere. Now, with The Girl You Left Behind, Moyes returns with another irresistible heartbreakerรขโฌโa breathtaking story of love, loss, and sacrifice told with her signature ability to capture our hearts. Paris, 1916. Sophie Lefรยจvre must keep her family safe while her adored husband, รโฐdouard, fights at the front. When their town falls to the Germans in the midst of World War I, Sophie is forced to serve them every evening at her hotel. From the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophieรขโฌโขs portraitรขโฌโpainted by her artist husbandรขโฌโa dangerous obsession is born, one that will lead Sophie to make a dark and terrible decision. Almost a century later, Sophieรขโฌโขs portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before his sudden death. After a chance encounter reveals the portraitรขโฌโขs true worth, a battle begins over its troubled history and Livรขโฌโขs world is turned upside all over again.
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