One quick note about today's episode of From the Front Porch.

At the end of our episode, you will find about five minutes of spoiler-filled discussion,

meaning the rest of this episode is a spoiler-free commentary of Raphael Montez's new book, Perfect Days.

After you've read the book, if you want more insight into what we thought,

stick around for the

five minutes of spoiler-filled content.

Otherwise, enjoy this spoiler-free discussion of Raphael Montez's perfect days.

Thanks so much.

Welcome to Episode 56 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small

business, and life in the South.

I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.

And today, I'm joined by my manager, Rebecca Arwood, and customer and podcast regular Hunter McClendon.

Rebecca, Hunter, and I will be discussing perfect days, a novel by Raphael

Montez, out next Tuesday. We'll discuss this book club style, so if you have any comments about the book

yourself, we'd love to hear from you. As usual, you can find full episodes of the podcast on iTunes

and at www.bukshelphthththomasville.com. Let's go ahead and get started. Hello, everyone. Hi.

Why don't we go ahead and introduce ourselves so they can differentiate between our voices.

So I'm Annie. I'm Rebecca. And I'm Hunter. Okay. So let's quickly give a brief synopsis because this book comes out on Tuesday, February 16th.

So you've got some time, if you haven't heard of it yet.

We're kind of giving you a preview, I guess.

Hunter, why don't you tell us what the book is basically about?

Just a quick preview.

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