This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is chatting with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:

Small World by Laura Zigman

Go as A River by Shelley Read

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren

How It Went by Wendell Berry

The Portrait by Emilia Kelly .

You Are My Sunshine by Sean Dietrich

Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen

When in Rome by Liam Callanan  

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

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

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com.

This week, Annie is reading The Bodyguard by Katherine Center. Susie is reading When the Moon Turns Blue by Pamela Terry. 

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