You\'ll hear echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird in this haunting coming-of-age story...
Beautifully written, atmospheric, and intricately plotted.
With its compelling mystery and complex yet relatable heroine, Liar\'s Bench is a story of first love, raw courage, and truths that won\'t be denied..
Kim Michele Richardson\'s lush, beautifully written debut is set against a Southern backdrop passing uneasily from bigotry and brutality to hope.
Now, the answers Muddy seeks soon lead back to Hark Hill, to hatred and corruption that have echoed through the years--and lies she must be brave enough to confront at last.
A tribute, a relic--and a caution--it\'s known as Liar\'s Bench.
Adorning the town square is a seat built from Frannie\'s gallows.
Though he passes for white, one of his ancestors was Frannie Crow, a slave hanged a century ago on nearby Hark Hill Plantation.
Muddy\'s almost-more-than-friend, Bobby Marshall, knows that better than most.
But Peckinpaw keeps its secrets buried deep.
Muddy is determined to find out for sure either way, especially once she finds strange papers hidden amongst her mama\'s possessions.
Others think Ella grew tired of his abuse and did it herself.
Most people in Peckinpaw, Kentucky, assume that Ella\'s no-good husband did the deed. --Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author In 1972, on Mudas Summers\' seventeenth birthday, her beloved Mama, Ella, is found hanging from the rafters of their home.
You\'ll hear echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird in this haunting coming-of-age story...
Beautifully written, atmospheric, and intricately plotted
