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jrmama42 's review for:
The Girl You Left Behind
by Jojo Moyes
This book really grabbed me from the beginning and kept me enthralled. It's part love story, part historical novel, part courtroom drama, and very well put together! The story starts in a French village during World War I when the Kommandant of the occupying German forces becomes fascinated with a painting of a young woman and also with its subject, whose husband (the painter) is away fighting in the war.
About halfway through the book, the story switches to modern times and a grieving young widow living in London whose main remembrance of her husband is a painting (same one from the earlier story) that he bought for her on their honeymoon.
I loved the way the author tied the stories together. There were a lot of coincidences in the plot, but I can forgive those for a story as good as this one. Highly recommended!
About halfway through the book, the story switches to modern times and a grieving young widow living in London whose main remembrance of her husband is a painting (same one from the earlier story) that he bought for her on their honeymoon.
I loved the way the author tied the stories together. There were a lot of coincidences in the plot, but I can forgive those for a story as good as this one. Highly recommended!