The Passing Storm: a story of family, reconciliation, and closure

The Passing Storm by Christine Nolfi is a story about family, reconciliation and bringing closure to the past. Rae Langdon has struggled with grief most of her adult life. First with the sudden loss of her mother during the storm of the century to the tragic accident that took her daughter. Along with her father, Connor, she tends their Ohio farm that has seen better days but she is determined to keep the land. As days are a struggle with memories and anger, she gives shelter to one person she was determined to hate. Quinn Galecki is a teenager who has had a very troubling relationship with his parents. At the beginning of what promised to be a brutal winter, he is thrown out. With nowhere to go, he finds himself a temporary home with the Langdons. As he works to earn his keep, Quinn develops an unexpecting kinship with Rae and Connor. But soon secrets will be revealed that threaten that new found relationship. Will they find a way to move forward with their grief and find the bright future that awaits them on the other side of the passing storm? 

The Passing Storm is filled with drama, intrigue and mystery. Like a building storm, the story starts off slow and you will wonder where the story is going. Then as the storm gets stronger, the revelations build and build until the fierceness of the storm takes your breath away and you hold on for dear life as the storm blows through. The story is filled with twists and turns that will have you eager to turn the page! From the opening character, we see an angry Rae confronting a timid and frightened Quinn. What did the teen possibly do to invoke such anger from an adult? Rae was a woman who flew off the handle often, added with grief and she isn't thinking clearly. We soon learn that Rae is dealing with more than grief but deep, deep secrets of the past. At first, Rae is a hard woman to like but as the story unfolds and she brings Quinn into her home, I can see she was hiding a lot of grief, hurt and even guilt. I enjoyed Rae’s best friend, Yuna, as the voice of reason for Rae. I highly recommend The Passing Storm. 

The Passing Storm is available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook.