The Passing Hour

 

The Passing Hour by Leslie Gould

 

Summary:

After the death of her parents, Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman relocates to the Lancaster County farm of her Old Order Amish grandparents. There, she befriends Rylan Sanders, a disabled veteran, and commits to rising above her own grief to help him as much as she can. But when things take a turn for the worse, Brenna finds herself at a loss for what to do.

As Brenna struggles, her Mennonite friend Johann Mazur, a soldier in the Ukrainian Army, encourages her to distance herself from Rylan. But when she discovers that Rylan's army buddies are withholding secrets that could help with his psychological healing, Brenna is torn between her feelings for Johann and her commitment to help Rylan.

Inspired by the story of her distant relative who served with the Red Cross and supervised German POWs during World War II, Brenna considers her own future and must decide whether she has the courage to give up the comforts she craves for the life she truly wants.

 

Review 3-Star

The story in whole is very well written.  The charters are all well developed and feel real.  The editing is spot on. Now this is why only the 3-star review lack of research on how the VA works along with how the Reserves work. As veteran who first served as a reservist then active duty, I understand how both works. In this day an age it’s so easy to find the information or find someone who is willing to give you that insight. First when you join the reserves you have twelve months to complete basic training and yes you can go to reserves meetings before you go to basic training and then your job training but you don’t get paid and you can’t use the GI-Bill as that don’t become activated until you’ve been in for a full year that’s after basic and your job training and you aren’t eligible for deployment until you’ve completed both your basic and job training. Now for the VA.  I’ve never heard of a case worker.  When you start the process to be seen at the VA you are signed to a medical team and all questions go through that team, or if they can’t answer the question, they will refer you to what ever part of the VA they think will have the answers you are looking for.  Please take the time to do the research.

 

I received this book from NetGalley for my honest review.