During World War I, the small town of St. Peronne has fallen to the Germans. Sophie's husband and her sister's husband have both gone to fight on the front. It's up to Sophie and Helene to keep their small but once elegant inn going. The new Kommandant in charge of their town admires Sophie's determination and spunk as well as the portrait her husband painted of her. As his obsession with her grows, Sophie has to decide what she will sacrifice to see her husband again. Decades later, Liv Halston owns the painting, and when distant relatives of Sophie's husband try to claim that it was stolen from their family by the Germans, Liv digs into the painting's dark past.
This was our book club selection for the month. I was warned that it was slow at the beginning, and it was, but it quickly picked up. I can't wait for our discussion. I enjoyed it and look forward to reading this author's earlier works.
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