Set in the United States during the height of the Vietnam War, the story follows a quiet, slow-burning romance between a young Vietnamese immigrant and a politically powerful American man. She works long hours at a small diner to support herself and send money to her family, who remain trapped in Vietnam, living under constant fear and uncertainty. He is tall, handsome, and born into immense wealth and influence, the son of one of the most powerful men in government, and deeply tied to the machi
June is a girl caught between two worlds: the crumbling, moss-draped elegance of her family’s coastal estate and the electric, dangerous hum of a changing America. As she navigates the cobblestone streets of Charleston and the growing whispers of student protests, her only anchor is the stack of thin, airmail envelopes arriving from the Pacific.