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Charleston, South Carolina drifts at an unhurried pace beneath hanging moss and along quiet shores. But in the 1960s, front porch conversations and Sunday sermons strain against the rising tide of rebellion and a distant war that pulls young men overseas.
Michael has spent his life striving for approval he never received. He is determined to prove his worth through discipline, success, and eventually, the skies over Vietnam. But beneath his achievements lies a restless soul and a growing weight of sin he can’t outrun.
Cassie, abandoned by her father and raised in hardship, is determined to depend on no one. Clinging to independence as her only security, she refuses to build her life around anyone else.
As war rages overseas and consequences unfold at home, Cassie is faced with a future she never planned… and a quiet calling she doesn’t yet understand. And when Michael is pushed to the edge, he must confront the truth he’s long avoided: that no amount of striving can save him.
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, What I Hold is a story of love, redemption, and surrender, showing that sometimes the life you resist is the very place where peace is found.
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Charleston, South Carolina drifts at an unhurried pace beneath hanging moss and along quiet shores. But in the 1960s, front porch conversations and Sunday sermons strain against the rising tide of rebellion and a distant war that pulls young men overseas.
Michael has spent his life striving for approval he never received. He is determined to prove his worth through discipline, success, and eventually, the skies over Vietnam. But beneath his achievements lies a restless soul and a growing weight of sin he can’t outrun.
Cassie, abandoned by her father and raised in hardship, is determined to depend on no one. Clinging to independence as her only security, she refuses to build her life around anyone else.
As war rages overseas and consequences unfold at home, Cassie is faced with a future she never planned… and a quiet calling she doesn’t yet understand. And when Michael is pushed to the edge, he must confront the truth he’s long avoided: that no amount of striving can save him.
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, What I Hold is a story of love, redemption, and surrender, showing that sometimes the life you resist is the very place where peace is found.
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