Emilee Hackney on Her Memoir "All That's Unseen"

Babes in Bookland · Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 1m

What does it cost to love a place and a faith that shaped you, even after they've hurt you?

This week I sit down with Emilee Hackney, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir All That's Unseen, to talk about growing up in Tazewell, Virginia, and the long, winding path that took her from a Pentecostal church pew to Harvard Yard to a bestseller list.

We talk about the church she grew up in from age five, the engagement she entered as a teenager, and the slow, painful process of questioning beliefs she'd never been taught to question until she left home for Harvard. Emilee is remarkably…