Long Way Home by Lynn Austin

 Long  Way  Home  is  by Lynn Austin. Lynn earned a B.A from Hope College and South Connecticut University. She wrote full after after resigning from full time teaching in 1992. Eight of her novels won the Christy award.The  novels which won the Christy award are : Hidden Places, Candle in the Darkness, A Proper Pursuit, Until we  reach Home, Through Waters Roar, While We are War Apart, Wonderland Creek. She was inducted in the Christy hall of fame in 2013.  She is a very talented  writer.   Long  Way  Home is a time split  novel after  World War 11  and 7 years before. The  book gives the reader  the full spectrum  of  during and after the war. This  story helps the  reader understand the post traumatic stress of  the war through Jimmy Barnett's  eyes, who suffered  from the damaging affects of the war. He was admitted  to the VA hospital after showing  symptoms   of  horrible depression. The  struggles  of his post traumatic  stress are very clearly  described  so the reader   understands how real the problem can be. The story also follows the  story of character 7 years earlier like Gisela Wolff.  She  became a nurse right in the midst  of the difficult circumstances  of the persecutions of  the Jews.  The treatment  she  received was very heart breaking to read.  The themes of the book are antisemitism,  genocide, suicide , post traumatic stress after the  war, suffering.  This book is well. written and I  highly recommend this wonderful book. Thank you to netgalley, the publisher , the authorfor allowing me  to read and review this book.