Kate is struggling with the understanding of what it means to be at war, and isn't quite sure of why her mother is acting how she is. Granted she lived during the Great War but so far it doesn't seem like anything is happening. A mother of one her students also asks her a great favor but at the time to Kate it doesn't seem like much of an ask until she finds herself now responsible for this favor that she agreed to. War is raging, her brother wants to do his part for the war and her mother is worried her father will be drafted again. As the war progresses and Kate now has a responsibility, she has learned that life changes and it isn't always to what you wanted but to what it takes to survive and protect others. I really enjoyed this story and it was a little different in how other WWII novels have read concerning the main character, Kate. Thank you to the author for the complementary novel and to Suzy Approved Book Tours for the invite. This review is of my own opinion and accord. ( )