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'...
I was expecting another light romance, so I was surprised by such a grim read. This story is really more about coping with loss and persevering in the face of adversity, and contains some strangely joyless and certainly uncompelling romance on the side. It was interesting enough to keep me reading u...
Wow, this is an amazing book. I was not expecting so much of it. I had a good working over of the feels. And now that it’s over, I don’t even know what to think of the roles some of the characters played. This is one of those stories that I’ll loose sleep thinking about at night.
3.5 starsEnjoyable story, but not great. Sophie's story grabbed me and the abrupt switch to Liv's tale kept me wondering what happened as bits of the story are doled out in Liv's research about the painting.Liv's story was less gripping and things wrapped up too neatly in a not quite believable, ma...
She reminded me that the world is capable of beauty, and that there were once things-art, joy, love-that filled my world, instead of fear and nettle soup and curfews. This book was really right up my alley. I've read many books that follow a woman from the past and a woman from the present that I h...
It’s always tricky to rate a book which has dual storyline specially if it’s a combination of historic and contemporary . The first part of the story takes place in 1916 during the first world war where we are introduced with ‘A girl you left behind’ portrait featuring Sophie, painted by her beloved...
This was a perfectly good book by most objective measures. I just wasn't in the mood for it. But being the library book whore* this year, I sometimes take them as they come in.* ok, technically I am not a whore because the library is not paying me to read certain books. But I don't have much cont...
Opening Line: “I was dreaming of food. Crisp baguettes, the fresh of the bread, a virginal white, still steaming from the oven, and ripe cheese, its borders creeping towards the edge of the plate.” Wow, what a brilliant book, another near 5 star read from JoJo Moyes, damn can this woman ever drop ...
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