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The Girl You Left Behind
  • Published: 5 October 2017
  • ISBN: 9780718157845
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $26.00

The Girl You Left Behind

The No 1 bestselling love story from Jojo Moyes

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5 Oct 2017
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26 Sept 2012
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A reissue of the hauntingly romantic and utterly irresistible story set between 1916 and the present day, from the internationally bestselling author

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.
  • Published: 5 October 2017
  • ISBN: 9780718157845
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the author

Jojo Moyes

Jojo Moyes is a novelist and screenwriter. Her books include the bestsellers Me Before You, After You and Still Me, The One Plus One, The Giver of Stars, Someone Else's Shoes and We All Live Here. Jojo's novels have been translated into forty-six languages, have hit the number one spot in twelve countries and have sold over sixty million copies worldwide. Me Before You has now sold over sixteen million copies worldwide and was adapted into a major film. In 2023, Jojo joined BBC Maestro’s online platform of world-class experts with her course, Writing Love Stories, which is available now. Jojo lives in the UK.

portrait photo of Jojo Moyes

Also by Jojo Moyes

We All Live Here
Someone Else's Shoes
Still Me
Me Before You
After You
The One Plus One
The Giver of Stars
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Praise for The Girl You Left Behind

Praise for Jojo Moyes

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Moyes is the queen of the classy weepy and this won't disappoint. A masterclass in story-telling that fans of Me Before You will adore

Elle

Another heart-stoppingly brilliant novel from Jojo Moyes

Marie Claire

Jojo Moyes paints a genuinely moving, beautiful picture of how love and belief will ultimately win the war, even if they can't win the battle. The Girl You Left Behind is a true work of art

Fabulous Magazine

Wonderfully well-written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative. It will make you think long after you finish the final page

Daily Mail

Even as Moyes tackles the inflammatory issues around art stolen during wartime, she never loses sight of the driving engine of her narrative . . . this pleasurably assured writer skilfully balances the quotidian and the comic with the broad and universal, leaving us with the tantalising possibility of a potential caper to come

Independent on Sunday

You simply have to read it

Closer

A triumph

Elle

A timeless love story

Red