Episode 454 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 21

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

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Flight by Lynn Steger StrongWintering by Katherine MayThe Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell (unavailable to order)

Joy Enough by Sarah McColl (unavailable to order)Beartown by Frederick BackmanFive Tuesdays in Winter by Lily KingHistory of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (unavailable to order)Tinkers by Paul HardingLucy by the Sea by Elizabeth StroutBackwater by Joan Bauer (unavailable to order)Landline by Rainbow RowellThe Family Game by Catherine SteadmanThe Christmas Guest by Peter SwansonChristmas Presents by Lisa UngerThe Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett

“The Night Before Christmas” by Clement C. Moore“Santaland Diaries” by David Sedaris (featured in Holidays on Ice)“A Christmas Story” by Walter Dean Myers (145th Street) (unavailable to order)God Speaks Through Wombs by Drew JacksonMiracle on 10th Street by Madeleine L’Engle (unavailable to order)Little Women by Louisa May AlcottWhy Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect by Richard SchneiderThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny ColganNew Girl in Little Cove by Dahmnait MonaghanFaking Christmas by Kerry WinfreyHoliday Romance by Catherine WalshKissing Kosher by Jean MeltzerChristmas by the Book by Anne Marie RyanOnce Upon a Wardrobe by Patti CallahanShepherds Abiding by Jan Karon (unavailable to order)

Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

84, Charing Cross Road by Helen HanffLove & Saffron by Kim FayThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie MackesyPerestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley (unavailable to order)Small Things Like These by Claire KeeganMr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva (unavailable to order)

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This week, Annie is reading Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.

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