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.
