Episode 572 || What Would Susie Read?

About this episode

Annie chats with her mom, Susie, about books suitable for readers with PG-13 tastes.

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! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 572), or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: 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…

People in this episode

Host: Annie

Guest: Susie

Topics covered

• book recommendations
• mother-daughter discussion
• PG-13 literature
• reading suggestions
• independent bookstore

Keywords

• book recommendations
• PG-13 books
• mother-daughter podcast
• The Bookshelf
• reading list

Sponsors

The Bookshelf

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hello Beautiful, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, Hurricane Season, The Chancellor's Mansion: A Renovation Story of Family, Home, History, and Mystery, A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband,Career, and Everything I Owned to Become A Nun, Awake: A Memoir, Summer Light on Nantucket, A Place to Hang the Moon, The Paris Library, The Bookshop on the Corner

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