Front Porch Book Club Podcast
Grab your book and iced tea and join the Front Porch Book Club, your no-commitment, casual, and eclectic podcast about books. We examine the relationship between characters, the worlds they live in, and what that means to us.
Latest Episode
99: Black Woods, Blue Sky
Black Woods, Blue Sky is set in contemporary Alaska where Birdie, a 26-year-old mom, is trying to forge a life for herself and her 6-year-old daughter, Emaleen, in a small town. When Arthur, a local misfit who spends most of his time alone in his remote cabin, starts...
99: Black Woods, Blue Sky
Black Woods, Blue Sky is set in contemporary Alaska where Birdie, a 26-year-old mom, is trying to forge a life for herself and her 6-year-old daughter, Emaleen, in a small town. When Arthur, a local misfit who spends most of his time alone in his remote cabin, starts frequenting the roadside lodge where Birdie works as a waitress, they strike up an unlikely relationship. And then things get strange! Louise Erdrich says, “Black Woods, Blue Sky is a fable about what it is to love, a tale of longing, a call to renew our deepest bonds with the living world. It will draw you along like a fast-moving stream, and you will find yourself in places you have never been.”
Nancy and Linny discover they read this book differently, but both loved it and its complex characters and vivid descriptions of remote and mystical Alaska.
About Front Porch Book Club
I honestly was blown away by the deep dive Nancy and Linny did into SPARKS LIKE STARS and really appreciated the personal perspectives they brought.
Nadia Hashimi, Author
Every month the Front Porch Book Club features two episodes on our selected book. In the first episode Linda and Nancy introduce the book and discuss their thoughts. In the second episode, Linda and Nancy are joined by the author or an expert to delve deeper into the book. Our book selections are eclectic: fiction, autobiography, history, memoir, investigative journalism, and classics. They are books that give us insights into how we may be more intentional, creative, and loving.
Recent Episodes
24: Larry McDaniel on The Lincoln Highway
Larry McDaniel, founder of Coyote Hill - a foster care provider and services agency, joins us on the Front Porch to discuss The Lincoln Highway. Larry's expertise in working with children gives him special insight into the characters in this book by Amor Towles. ---...
23: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
We discuss The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles' engrossing and devastating story of four boys who hope to find their futures at the end of the 1950s Lincoln Highway. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frontporchbookclub/support
22: Anna Lind Thomas’ humorous take on her book We’ll Laugh About This Someday
Choose to find the humor! The front porch rings with laughter as Linda and Nancy welcome Anna Lind Thomas to discuss her hilarious memoir, We'll Laugh About This Someday. Anna dishes about dating Lady Gaga’s ex and how she is giving away her book for free, sort of...
21: We’ll Laugh About This Someday by Anna Lind Thomas
We'll Laugh About This Someday is Anna Lind Thomas' hilarious memoir of growing up the youngest, fluffy child in a loving but eccentric family. We root for her as she goes off to college, share her dating foibles, and revel in the joy and tedium of motherhood. Along...
Meet The Hosts
Growing up, Nancy always had her nose in a book. She never remembers not loving to read books. Linda, on the other hand, hated libraries and spent her childhood trying to lure Nancy away from books into some other activity that she thought would be way more fun. That’s right – we’re sisters. Nancy was more of an introvert and Linda was more of an extrovert. But, somewhere along the way, Linda started loving books and Nancy started loving talking about books. Nancy is a recovering academic in Nebraska who writes and Linda is a licensed counselor in Pennsylvania.