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In the depth of winter, a single moment alters the course of a boy's life forever.
William is fifteen when love becomes consequence and innocence gives way to judgment. When the girl he loves dies in childbirth, he is left with a son and a world unwilling to forgive him. Cast from his home, shunned by society, and burdened with a responsibility he scarcely understands, William must learn what it means to endure when faith falters and mercy feels distant.
As winter tightens its grip on Edinburgh's stone streets, hunger and grief press in on him from every side. Yet in the quiet places of suffering, where anger wrestles with prayer, William begins to discover that manhood is not measured by strength or success, but by sacrifice.
Years will pass. Love will return in an unexpected and troubling form, forcing William to confront the cost of grace and the weight of forgiveness once more. The choices he makes will test not only his conscience, but the very faith that carried him through his darkest hours.
The Measure of a Man is a story of loss and redemption, of sin met with mercy, and of a boy who must become a father before he ever learns how to be a man.