A review by littletaiko
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

4.0

I just can't help but enjoy a JoJo Moyes book - this is the third one I've read and I always find myself caught up in the story even if there are times my brain is saying that the coincidences are a bit much. It just doesn't matter at that point. This time I was carried away by two stories - one involving Sophie, a French woman enduring the best she can during WWI. Her husband, an artist, is away fighting and the Germans have occupied her small town. At the heart of her story is the portrait of Sophie that her husband had painted which has now caught the eye of the German commander. Fast forward almost a hundred years and this portrait has ended up with Liv, a young widow. Besides the romantic aspect to this story, it made me think about who rightfully owns a picture and the sacrifices that we all make sometime to survive.