Episode 390 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 17

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

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. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: The Ensemble by Aja Gabel Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann Circe by Madeline Miller The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis Perelandra by C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis The Paris Bookseller by Kerrii Maher Ulysses by James Joyce My Reading Life by Anne Bogel The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams Well-Matched by Jen DeLuca The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith Sam by Allegra Goodman 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. This week, Annie is reading Sam by Allegra Goodman. If you’re a local reader, Thomasville native and author Katie Joy Duke is coming to The Bookshelf on September 19 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. for a book signing. Katie’s new book, Still Breathing: My Journey with Love, Loss, and Reinvention is a raw, vulnerable story about Katie’s healing journey after her first daughter, Poppy Annabelle, was stillborn at full-term. Join us on September 19th for an afternoon of hope and resilience. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie Johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker.

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0:00.0	Welcome to From the Front porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.
0:08.0	Daniel lost sight of the score, which coincided with the realization of what Brit had always been trying to convince him of.
0:32.0	That it wasn't just music that made you bigger. People did. People gave you stories. People made you expand. Asia Gable. The Ensemble.
0:48.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia. And this week, it's time for an episode of Literary Therapy.
0:59.0	Before we get started, just a reminder that this month, we are hosting our From the Front porch Book Club over on Patreon. Earlier this year, we added more levels of support there, including a $20 a month level for our Book Club Companions.
1:13.0	This Patreon tier includes all the benefits of our $5 a month tier, that's monthly Q&A sessions, conquer a classic episodes, but it also adds access to our Book Club.
1:25.0	These hour-long meetings are held virtually over Zoom, and the book we choose comes from our staff's shelf subscription selections.
1:33.0	We talked about Julie Azucca's The Swimmers, back in April, then CJ Hauser's The Crane Wife in August.
1:40.0	This month, Olivia is leading our discussion of Acts of Violet by Margarita Montemore.
1:46.0	Hop on over to patreon.com forward slash from the front porch for more information and to join us for our September meeting, which is scheduled for September 22nd.
1:56.0	And if you're a local listener, we've got some in-store events officially on the books for fall, including a shelf talk and signing on Monday September 19th from 2 to 4 p.m. with author Katie Duke.
2:10.0	Katie's new book Still Breathing chronicles her journey through grief and reinvention after the stillbirth of her daughter Poppy.
2:18.0	Fans of Kate Boller and Nora McInerney will appreciate Katie's insight, honesty, and humor.
2:25.0	It's a book about grief, but it's also a book about hope.
2:29.0	Copies of Still Breathing are available for purchase online and in-store, and Katie's signing event on September 19th is free and open to the public.
2:38.0	We hope to see you there.
2:40.0	Now, back to the task at hand.
2:43.0	Every few weeks, I dive into the metaphorical mailbag and peruse your readerly hang-ups and bookish conundrums like a literary phrasier crane, tackling your issues on air.
2:53.0	If you have your own readerly riddle, you'd like me to solve in a future episode.
2:57.0	You can leave me a voicemail at the from the front porch website.
3:01.0	That's www.fromthefrontportchpodcast.com forward slash contact.
3:07.0	There's a link in the show notes to to make it super easy.
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