The Girl You Left Behind: A Novel Download.zip
Jojo Moyes's bestseller, Me Before You, catapulted her to wide critical acclaim and has struck a chord with readers everywhere. "Hopelessly and hopefully romantic" (Chicago Tribune), Moyes returns with another irresistible heartbreaker that asks,"Whatever happened to the girl you left behind?" France, 1916: Artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his young wife, Sophie, to fight at the front. When their small town falls to the Germans in the midst of World War I, Edouard's portrait of Sophie draws the eye of the new Kommandant. As the officer's dangerous obsession deepens, Sophie will risk everything - her family, her reputation, and her life - to see her husband again.Almost a century later, Sophie's portrait is given to Liv Halston by her young husband shortly before his sudden death. A chance encounter reveals the painting's true worth, and a battle begins for who its legitimate owner is - putting Liv's belief in what is right to the ultimate test.Like Sarah Blake's The Postmistress and Tatiana de Rosnay's Sarah's Key, The Girl You Left Behind is a breathtaking story of love, loss, and sacrifice told with Moyes's signature ability to capture our hearts with every turn of the page.
The Girl You Left Behind: A Novel download.zip
What happened to the girl you left behind?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's portrait - painted by Edouard - a dangerous obsession is born, which will lead Sophie to make a dark and terrible decision.Almost a century later, and Sophie's portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before he died. A chance encounter reveals the painting's true worth, and its troubled history. A history that is about to resurface and turn Liv's life upside down all over again . . .In The Girl You Left Behind two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for what they love most - whatever the cost.
DISCOVER THE PERFECT SUMMER READ . . . From the author of THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER, now a major motion pictureThe Girl You Left Behind is the hauntingly romantic and utterly irresistible weepy from Jojo Moyes, the author of the international bestsellers Me Before You, Still Me and The Giver of Stars.'This won't disappoint. A masterclass in storytelling that fans of Me Before You will adore' Elle___________What happened to the girl you left behind?France, 1916.Sophie Lefevre must keep her family safe whilst her adored husband Edouard fights at the front. But when she is ordered to serve the German officers who descend on her hotel each evening, her home becomes a place of fierce tensions.And from the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie's portrait - painted by Edouard - a dangerous obsession is born, which will lead Sophie to make a dark and terrible decision . . .Almost a century later, and Sophie's portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before he died. A chance encounter reveals the painting's true worth, and its troubled history.A history that is about to resurface and turn Liv's life upside down all over again . . .In The Girl You Left Behind two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for what they love most - whatever the cost.____________'Another heart-stoppingly brilliant novel from Jojo Moyes' Closer'Wonderfully well-written and completely engrossing . . . It will make you think long after you turn the final page' Daily Mail'Quite simply one of the best books I've read' 5* reader review'A truly beautiful book . . . will make you laugh, cry and ignore everyone around you as you won't be able to put it down!' 5* reader review'Beware, once you pick up this book you will not be able to put it down!' 5* reader review
All the dames of France are fond and freeAnd Flemish lips are really willingVery soft the maids of ItalyAnd Spanish eyes are so thrillingStill, although I bask beneath their smile,Their charms will fail to bind meAnd my heart falls back to Erin's isleTo the girl I left behind me.
The hours sad I left a maidA lingering farewell takingWhose sighs and tears my steps delayedI thought her heart was breakingIn hurried words her name I blestI breathed the vows that bind meAnd to my heart in anguish pressedThe girl I left behind meThen to the east we bore awayTo win a name in storyAnd there where dawns the sun of dayThere dawned our sun of gloryThe place in my sightWhen in the host assigned meI shared the glory of that fightSweet girl I left behind meThough many a name our banner boreOf former deeds of daringBut they were of the day of yoreIn which we had no sharingBut now our laurels freshly wonWith the old one shall entwine meSinging worthy of our size each sonSweet girl I left behind meThe hope of final victoryWithin my bosom burningIs mingling with sweet thoughts of theeAnd of my fond returningBut should I n'eer return againStill with thy love i'll bind meDishonors breath shall never stainThe name I leave behind me
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hillAnd over the moor that's sedgySuch lonely thoughts my heart do fillSince parting with my BetseyI seek for one as fair and gayBut find none to remind meHow sweet the hours I passed awayWith the girl I left behind me