266 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 2

Today, it’s time for another round of Literary Therapy. If you’re new here, Literary Therapy is a recurring episode series in which Annie plays the Dr. Frasier Crane or the Lucy van Pelt to listeners’ literary ailments. 

As mentioned in the episode, you can get book recs from the following:

• Hunter Mclendon at @shelfbyshelf

• Tyler Goodson at @tylergoodson

• Laura Tremaine at @laura.tremaine

• Mary Laura Philpott at @marylauraphilpott

The books mentioned in today’s episode can be purchased on The Bookshelf’s website:

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

• Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck

• The End We Start From by Megan Hunter

• The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani

• The Explanation of Everything by Lauren Grodstein

• Francis and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

• Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

• The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

• A Separate Peace by John Knowles

• The Mothers by Brit Bennett

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. 

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D 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 An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott.

If you liked what you heard on 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, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free shipping on all your online orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.