The Weight of Small Things
One notebook. A town of secrets. And the truth that could tear them apart.

In the quiet town of Willow Creek, Illinois, life moves at the pace of coffee refills and football games—until a grieving diner waitress finds a leather-bound notebook left behind in a booth. What she discovers inside will upend everything.

Each page holds an anonymous confession—raw, intimate, and unmistakably local. As Sarah Boone reads deeper, she realizes the secrets inside are not just scandalous—they're dangerous. One entry points to the night her husband died. Another hints at a decades-old environmental cover-up. And someone in town will do anything to keep the truth buried.

Now Sarah must walk a tightrope between uncovering the past and protecting her son from the consequences. As rumors spread and trust frays, Willow Creek teeters on the edge of unraveling. And when the second notebook surfaces—along with a loaded gun—Sarah learns some secrets were never meant to be read.

A haunting literary thriller about grief, guilt, and the hidden weight we all carry, The Weight of Small Things explores how ordinary lives can be forever changed by what's whispered—and what's written.