This week on From the Front Porch, Annie chats with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. You get 10% off the Susie-approved reads mentioned in this episode when you use code SHOPMOMSELECTS at checkout online and in-store!

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Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff

Hurricane Season by Lauren K Denton

The Chancellor's Mansion: A Renovation Story of Family, Home, History, and Mystery by Jamie Arty

A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband,Career, and Everything I Owned to Become A Nun by Sister Monica Claire

Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker

Summer Light on Nantucket by Nancy Thayer

A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony

Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn

Something to Look Forward To by Fanny Flagg

Marce Catlett: The Fore of a Story by Wendell Berry

My Beloved: A Mitford Novel by Jan Karon

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

The Sisters of Book Row by Shelly Noble

100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life by Dick Van Dyke

More Than Enough by Anna Quindlan

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A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

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This week, Annie is listening to Annie is reading Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan. Susie is reading The Little Bookshop by the Harbor by Jean Stone.

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