Front Porch Book Club

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Every month the Front Porch Book Club features two episodes on our selected book. The first episode is Linda and Nancy discussing the book from their perspective. The second episode invites 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 in our lives.

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Lisa Lawmaster Hess on Casting the First Stone 20.04.2021 36:09

Author Lisa Lawmaster Hess joins us on the front porch to discuss her Christian fiction book, Casting the First Stone . The book is the first in a trilogy about three strong female characters navigating a child custody battle. Old wounds and mistakes threaten to destroy each character's dreams for her life. Lisa describes how she developed the characters in the book and how her own journey and exp...

Casting the First Stone 06.04.2021 24:47

Linda and Nancy discuss Casting the First Stone , the first book in a trilogy by Lisa Lawmaster Hess. Three heroines face-off over a custody battle that bring out their own insecurities and past experiences. Linda and Nancy debate how, in our culture, women navigate relationships and they reflect on lifelong friendships that have supported them. They also discuss how the book upends some stereotyp...

Sarah Crawford on Lessons from Better People 16.03.2021 31:48

Author Sarah Crawford joins us on the front porch to discuss her work, Lessons from Better People. Sarah describes her experience as a Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar visiting Lockerbie, Scotland where, 30 years ago, 35 Syracuse University students and 11 residents were killed in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. She reflects on how the people she met in Lockerbie created a path through t...

Lessons from Better People 02.03.2021 28:28

We discuss Lessons from Better People by Sarah Crawford. This fictionalized account and personal narrative blends humor, pathos, and expert characterization in an unforgettable story about a Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar who spends the summer in Europe with two goals in mind: forget a broken relationship during her internship at a fancy Brussels PR firm, and visit Lockerbie, Scotland wh...