The Girl You Left Behind

A Novel

Pages: 560
Published: 2012
Language: English

In 1916 France, Sophie's portrait becomes a dangerous obsession for a German Kommandant, forcing her to risk everything for her husband fighting at the front. A century later, Liv receives the same portrait from her late husband, finding solace in its beauty until its turbulent past threatens her own chance at new love. Two women, separated by time, discover a shared fight for what they hold dear.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Emotional Melancholic Hopeful

Dual Timeline Forbidden Love Sacrifice

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Suspense World War I

Authors

Ana Momplet Chico

Ana Momplet Chico is known for her suspenseful stories, including "La chica que dejaste atrás" and "The Girl You Left Behind." Readers looking for psychological depth and thrilling plots will also enjoy "Después de ti" and "Feral.

Jojo Moyes

Pauline Sara Jo Moyes was born on 4 August 1969 and in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK, but grew up in London. She was the only child of Elizabeth J. McKee and James C. Moyes. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London and Bedford New College, London University. She lives on a farmhouse in Great Sampford, Essex with her husband, journalist Charles Arthur, and their three children. After a varied career including stints as a minicab controller, typer of braille statements for blind peop...