Join us for an evening with author Leah Weiss, in conversation with Ericka McIntyre about her latest novel, All the Little Hopes.

All the Little Hopes is a Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II.

Deep in the tobacco land of North Carolina, nothing’s been the same since the boys shipped off to war and worry took their place. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Brown is precocious and itching for adventure. Then Allie Bert Tucker wanders into town, an outcast with a puzzling past, and Lucy figures the two of them can solve any curious crime they find—just like her hero, Nancy Drew.

Leah Weiss was born in North Carolina and lives in Virginia. She retired in 2015 from a 24-year career as an Executive Assistant at Virginia Episcopal School and published her debut novel, IF THE CREEK DON’T RISE in August, 2017; it has sold over 100,000 copies. ALL THE LITTLE HOPES will be released in July 2021. Leah writes full time, enjoys meeting with book clubs and speaking about finding the story and the characters to tell it.

Carroll County, Kentucky native Ericka McIntyre is an avid reader, as well as a writer and full-time freelance editor. She is also currently Editor-at-Large of Writer’s Digest, a 101-year-old brand serving the writing community. In her work, she focuses on editing and book coaching for authors of fiction and nonfiction, across multiple genres.

A Cincinnatian since 1998, she is a longtime member and volunteer at the Mercantile Library, local cat rescue, Purrfect Friends, and with one of our nation’s oldest public television stations, Cincinnati’s own WCET. Learn more about her at www.erickamcintyre.com