Front Porch Book Club

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In Molly Fader's new novel, Lady X, we are catapulted back to NYC's steamy summer of 1977 and meet three aspiring young women who become roommates. The work of a graffiti artist pointing an accusing spray can at men who are abusing women has reverberations through the decades.

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LADY X by Molly Fader pitches us into the heat wave of 1977 New York City where a graffiti artist, Lady X, is on the loose - pointing a spray can at abusive men. A generation later, two adult daughters discover their mom is connected to the infamous vigilante Lady X. Or was she?

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We loved chatting with debut novelist Lindsey Goldstein about GAP YEAR! This is the book about rediscovering youthful dreams when everything else is crumbling. Reading it may just help you embrace dreams that have been waiting for you. @EgretLakeBooks

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Ever want to take a gap year from life? In Lindsey Goldstein's debut novel, GAP YEAR, Jane does just that when she sends her only child off to her gap year, oh, and Jane's husband tells her he wants a divorce. Jane tries to rekindle old dreams, even as a woman of a certain age.

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We loved chatting with Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne about their fabulous new book THE MIDNIGHT SHOW. We learned how they came up with the mixed media concept for and structured THE MIDNIGHT SHOW to make it funny, poignant, and downright unputdownable.

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THE MIDNIGHT SHOW, by @leeykelly & Jenn Marie Thorne is a behind the scenes peek at what it may have been like for the first season cast of Saturday Night Live, with a murder thrown in! Thanks @CrownPublishing!

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Ever feel like you're just living someone else's dream for your life? We chat with the wonderful Jane Park, debut author of INHERITANCE, about the Confucian scripts many Korean immigrant families had for their second-generation children. Thanks @simonschuster for arranging!

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In this episode, we dive deep into the struggles of immigrant families, as told in INHERITANCE, the powerful debut novel by Jane Park. It’s not just a story about a daughter returning home; it’s about the complex relationships that shape who we are. @simonschuster

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The amazing Kate Schatz joins us on the Front Porch to talk about her novel, WHERE THE GIRLS WERE. It's a psychedelic trip to the 1960s when it pretty hazardous to be a young woman without any information.

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Linny reveals her inner flower child as we are transported back to 1968 San Francisco in WHERE THE GIRLS WERE by Kate Schatz. We experience this pivotal year through 17 year old, Baker who is facing turmoil of her own as an unexpected pregnancy throws all her plans into question.

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Fresh from her appearance on the Today Show, Debra Curtis joins us to talk about her debut novel, LAWS OF LOVE AND LOGIC. Debra captured our hearts with her stories of her beloved sisters and twin daughters and of struggle and rejection. We LOVE you, Debra!!

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Early drop for March and it's a good one and just published: Laws of Love and Logic by Debra Curtis. This is a contemporary novel exploring the road not taken, multiple loves, grief, faith, and science. Two sisters, Lily and Jane, center the story, which, of course, we love!

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Have you ever felt a calling to pursue your dreams, even against all odds? @nguyen_p_quemai journey from a young girl in Vietnam to a successful author is nothing short of inspiring! In our latest episode, she shares how the power of storytelling helped her reclaim her voice.

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We're so excited to publish our interview with author @nguyen_p_quemai. Her most recent book, DUST CHILD, is the 2026 One Book, One Lincoln selection and is an international best-seller. This is a warm and inspiring conversation that had Linny in tears during most of it.

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Dust Child by @nguyen_p_quemai deftly weaves the interconnected stories of four main characters: a "dust child," the child of a American GI and Asian mom; Vietnamese girls trying to escape the war's wreckage; and an American GI trying to survive the horrors of war. @HachetteUS

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We delve deep into emotion regulation with Dr. Bryan Denny. Bryan heads up the Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Rice where he combines psychological research with neurobiology. Linny learns where clinical interventions are headed.

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Here's a concept from the @ethan_kross book SHIFT - there are no good emotions or bad emotions. Emotions are information. Kross gives us lots of levers for how to shift our emotions. We conclude by having conflicting ideas of what "peace" means. Is that weird? @penguinrandom

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We're pinching ourselves! Beloved children's author, Lois Lowry, joins us for a wide-ranging and beautiful discussion. This episode was a magical end to 2025 on the Front Porch.

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We're late to this party -- have you read The Giver? It became an instant young adult classic when published in 1993. Jonas happily complies to dictated conformity. When he is selected as the next Giver, what he finds out changes everything.

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Nancy didn't secure @kevinkwanbooks , author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS. Sooooo, instead we catch-up on our lives, including Linny's latest acting gig in a feature film! Nancy talks tennis and cooking (not quite as exciting). It's short. It's sweet. We laugh.