5 stars for The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes.
The Girl You Left Behind is a timeless love story that is beautifully, exquisitely written; two young women, separated by a century, who are united in their determination to fight for the thing they love most, at whatever the cost.
This historical contemporary romance is a page turner that has me hooked on from chapter One right to the end, and brings me on an intense emotional rollercoaster ride.
I love the part One on Sophia's story especially, where it is shared from first person point of view. The narration gives rise to a progressively sweet yet increasingly precarious atmosphere until the point of no return. So engrossed am I in Sophie's world that I feel disoriented and let down when the story takes on a 180-degrees turn that fast forward itself by a century.
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
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Whatever happened to the girl you left behind?
France, 1916. Sophie Lefevre must keep her family safe whilst her adored husband Edouard fights at the front. When she is ordered to serve the German officers who descend on her hotel each evening, her home becomes riven by fierce tensions. And from the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie’s portrait – painted by Edouard – a dangerous obsession is born, which will lead Sophie to make a dark and terrible decision.
Almost a century later, and Sophie’s portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before he died. A chance encounter reveals the painting’s true worth, and its troubled history. A history that is about to resurface and turn Liv’s life upside down all over again . . .
*Blurb from author's website*
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