Episode 539 || Summer Readings: The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

This week on From the Front Porch, we have another episode of Summer Readings! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers). Today, Annie reads a passage from Leila Mottley’s new book The Girls Who Grew Big. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off The Girls Who Grew Big and Nightcrawling this week. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 539) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley 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, Tiktok, and Facebook, 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 The Secret History of the Rape Kit by Ragan Kennedy. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. 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...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

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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. Motherhood makes you lonely.
0:27.0	But more than that, having everyone turn away from you in the moment you need the most
0:31.6	is a betrayal that lingers like a chipped tooth, for you to drag your tongue over and remember all that was lost
0:38.7	and wouldn't return. Layla Motley, the girls who grew big. I'm Annie Jones, owner of the
0:48.1	bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week
0:53.3	we are back with another episode in our
0:55.4	summer readings series. Before we get started, our reminder are, are you keeping up with all of
1:02.1	the bookshelves events? It's true, summers are a little quieter in the shop. I'm not sure if you've
1:07.1	heard, but it does get a little hot and humid down here, but we still have
1:10.8	plenty going on, and plenty that our team has already been scheduling for fall.
1:16.3	Maybe you think our events are just for locals, but even if you are not a nearby listener
1:21.3	or customer, we have plans in the works for you, too. From our fall reader retreat to our
1:26.9	literary first look programs to our
1:29.2	holiday shopping nights, we plan regularly specific events for our long-distance customers and friends.
1:36.6	To keep up, you have a couple of options. You can choose the one that makes the most sense for you.
1:41.9	Follow us on Instagram where we post regularly about in-store and virtual happenings.
1:47.0	You can do that at Bookshelf T-Ville.
1:50.6	Subscribe to our store newsletter, which lands in your inbox every Thursday, and has a complete
1:56.0	rundown of our shop events.
1:58.8	Or check our website, which Aaron keeps updated with event dates, details,
2:03.9	and tickets. Links for all of the above are in the show notes, so there's an Instagram link,
2:11.2	a newsletter link, and a website link. Summer may be quiet, but we are already gearing up for fall,
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