The Girl You Left Behind
Large Print - 2013 | Large print edition.
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Add a Quote“The ability to earn a living by doing the things one loves must be one of the life’s greatest gifts”.
“Time doesn’t make a wrong right”
“I just need something to look forward to. I just want to smile without having to think about which muscles to use.”
“Sometimes just for carrying on, that’s heroic in itself.”
Liv: "You used to speak fluent French, right? Do you want to come to Paris with me?"
Mo: "Is this your way of telling me you've swung to the other side? Because while I love Paris, I'm so not up for lady bits."
"Four years ago David and I went to bed like it was any other night, brushing our teeth, reading our books, chatting about a restaurant we were going to the next day...and when I woke up the next morning he was there beside me, cold. Blue. I didn't ...I didn't feel him go. I didn't even get to say... Can you imagine knowing you slept through the person you love dying next to you?... I thought the world had actually ended."-Liv
Summary
Add a SummarySophie, whose husband if fighting in WWI is just trying to survive the German occupation and looking forward to her artist husband's return. She has been forced to cook for the enemy forces and as a result is branded as a collaborator.
Almost a century later Liz Halston has a painting of Sophie given to her by her husband shortly before his death. The painting then becomes subject of legal action. Who actually owns the painting.
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Add a CommentI really enjoyed the character development (again - she is a great author), but like some of the other comments, the change back and forth in time was a little hard to keep straight
I am ambivalent about this book. In the beginning I felt I liked it and then I wondered where it was going. When it came to the present I was thoroughly confused. Finally when the past and present were tied together I got engrossed in the book. I'm not sure I'd have behaved like Liv but well she's Moyes's character and it's the authors prerogative to create a character in any mold she chooses. The tale has enough twists and turns to keep the reader engrossed but I'll have to say this is not one of JoJo Moyes's better works.
Not sure I would have behaved like the main character but it was a good way to learn about history
Good story but seems a bit contrived.
recommended by Kim 9/18
This was just 'ok' for me. Not my typical genre, but definitely a good story. I enjoy Moyes novels nonetheless.
This is a different Moyes than I'm used to but still a great and entertaining read with a serious topic to explore and great narrators to tackle it.
Really good story. I find these books hard to put down, easy to read.
JoJo Moyers delivers another heart warming novel. I have done extensive study on WWII lost and stolen art and this setting provided a wonderful story line Characters were touching and her ability to shift from one century to another was skillful. Very enjoyable.
Immediately got totally absorbed in this book and then came part two and it started to fall apart. But it picked up the pace again. A couple of spots near the end again I lost my interest but had come so far that I knew I'd finish it. Overall I enjoyed the story but not as much as the previous two books by Moyes that I have read