In the rugged hills of Whitewood, Virginia, where the ground groans under the weight of coal and hardship, the Horn family holds fast to each other — and to their faith.

 

Through mine collapses, lean harvests, and long winters, they en‐ dure. They bury their dead, build their homes, raise their children, and stitch hope into the broken soil one day at a time. When the mountain takes, they grieve. When the earth gives, they plant. When the world changes around them, they pray for strength to carry forward.

 

Spanning generations of sacrifice, resilience, and hard-won joy, Ashes in the Hollow is a story of survival rooted deep in family and faith — a tribute to the forgotten towns that shaped a nation and the God who gave them the courage to begin again each day.

 

Because sometimes, even when the world burns down around you, the seeds you plant in ashes grow into something stronger than sorrow.

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