Although I read this book several
months ago, I can’t stop thinking about it. This
is the story of Sophie Lefevre who lives in occupied France during World War I and
Liv Halston in modern day London. The two women are connected by a painting of Sophie
done by husband Edouard. The painting is called "The Girl You Left
Behind".
While
Édouard is fighting at the front the town is occupied by the Germans whom Sophie
must serve every evening at her hotel. When the German Kommandant sees Sophie’s
portrait he becomes obsessed with Sophie and determined to have both her and the painting
for himself.
Fast
forward to 2006 and the 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 portrait’s true worth, a battle begins over its troubled history
and Liv’s world is turned upside all over again. To whom does the painting truly
belong?
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