RisingManuscript

By YZSO Il

When life narrows to a single inch, what do you do next?

RisingManuscript follows a son who inherits a survivor's calm from his father-a boy of thirteen who escaped wartime capture in France with his younger cousin and found refuge through the courage of strangers and a priest's help. That legacy becomes a vow: keep moving, one clean inch at a time.

The memoir traces seasons of building and unbuilding-apprenticeship and ambition, textiles and construction, deals that hold and plans that don't. Setbacks arrive with their full weight; so do the quiet mercies that let a life continue. The blessing of Zebulun-haven of the sea, going out and coming in-frames the work of a modern life where commerce and calling are braided together.

Told in spare, image-rich chapters, this is a lantern for anyone standing at the breakwater between what happened and what must happen next. It doesn't promise calm seas-only passage. If all you have today is one inch, take it. The harbor will open.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQQV6WHR
• ISBN13: 9798264604454
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"