FromtheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofTheGiverofStarsandtheforthcomingSomeoneElse’sShoes,asweepingbestsellerofloveandloss,deftlyweavingtwojourneysfromWorldWarIFrancetopresentdayLondon.Paris,WorldWarI.SophieLef癡vremustkeepherfamilysafewhileheradoredhusband,?douard,fightsatthefront.WhentheirtownfallstotheGermans,Sophieisforcedtoservethemeveryeveningatherhotel.FromthemomentthenewKommandantsetseyesonSophie’sportrait--paintedbyherartisthusband--adangerousobsessionisborn.AlmostacenturylaterinLondon,Sophie’sportraithangsinthehomeofLivHalston,aweddinggiftfromheryounghusbandbeforehissuddendeath.Afterachanceencounterrevealstheportrait’strueworth,abattlebeginsoveritstroubledhistoryandLiv’sworldisturnedupsidealloveragain.
