Devotion" is non-fiction, based on events that occurred mainly during the early days of the Korean War, a conflict largely overlooked by most Americans, most of whom know it solely through their experiences with the TV comedy M*A*S*H*

Pamela Brown Knight has no memory of her dad. She was almost 2 when she lost her father. In the weeks after his death, she would run to a window whenever she’d hear an airplane, shouting, “Daddy! Daddy!” She used the money raised by the Leyte crew to earn a master’s degree in social science. Her mother, Daisy, also fulfilled Brown’s wish to graduate from college, becoming an educator. She died in 2014. The story follows teenage Hanne and her close friend Thea and revolves around their relationship and love. During the course of the voyage they manage to spend a lot of time together but it is apparent even to them that their love does not have a future in their world. I began to wonder how the author was going to deal with this but she makes a very bold move which I did not see coming. There’s no denying that Hannah Kent is a skilled wordsmith. As with her other books this one is beautifully written and is a joy to read for that quality alone. Because we learn next to nothing about Ella, it's nearly impossible to understand her motivations, or anything she's thinking and feeling. Is she a lunatic? I read the entire novel and I still have no idea. And what was up with Lonnie? Again, your guess is as good as mine. Devotion just meanders along, going nowhere fast.

What to know

Joe Jonas and Khalid Honor Veterans with Emotional Video for Duet 'Not Alone' from Film Devotion". Peoplemag . Retrieved November 24, 2022.

I’m not sure I have the words to properly review this book. It’s not often I am brought to tears by a book but this… this was so achingly beautiful. It was mesmerising. Hannah Kent’s writing is so lyrical it is almost poetry. It is visceral and full of feeling and - I just don’t have the words. The mist between us thinned as she drew closer. Her face was round, smooth-cheeked, and I saw that her hair was white-blonde, her eyebrows fairer than her skin. It looked, not unpleasantly, as though she had been dusted with flour.For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.