Jojo Moyes
5 SeriesJojo Moyes is a British author renowned for her romance novels, having won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award twice from the Romantic Novelists’ Association. She began her career in journalism after securing a bursary from The Independent to attend a postgraduate course at City University in London. Moyes resides on a farm in Essex with her husband, journalist Charles Arthur, and their three children.
In Jojo Moyes' "The Girl You Left Behind," set during WWI, Sophie Lefevre's husband, Edouard, leaves to fight, leaving behind a portrait of her that catches the eye of the German Kommandant occupying their town. Sophie's desperate attempts to reunite with Edouard are central to her story. Nearly a century later, the same portrait is bequeathed to Liv Halvston by her late husband. When Liv discovers the painting's significant value, a contentious battle over its ownership ensues. The novel intertwines these two timelines, exploring themes of love, loss, and the enduring power of art.
