From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London.
Paris, World War I. Sophie LefĂšvre must keep her family safe while her adored husband, Ădouard, fights at the front. When their town falls to the Germans, Sophie is forced to serve them every evening at her hotel. From the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophieâs portraitâpainted by her artist husbandâa dangerous obsession is born.
Almost a century later in London, Sophieâs portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before his sudden death. After a chance encounter reveals the portraitâs true worth, a battle begins over its troubled history and Livâs world is turned upside all over again.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London.
Paris, World War I. Sophie LefĂšvre must keep her family safe while her adored husband, Ădouard, fights at the front. When their town falls to the Germans, Sophie is forced to serve them every evening at her hotel. From the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophieâs portraitâpainted by her artist husbandâa dangerous obsession is born.
Almost a century later in London, Sophieâs portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before his sudden death. After a chance encounter reveals the portraitâs true worth, a battle begins over its troubled history and Livâs world is turned upside all over again.