num_pages: 272
description: You'll hear echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird in this haunting coming-of-age story...Beautifully written atmospheric and intricately plotted.Susan Wiggs New York Times bestselling authorIn 1972 on Mudas Summers' seventeenth birthday her beloved Mama Ella is found hanging from the rafters of their home. Most people in Peckinpaw Kentucky assume that Ella's no-good husband did the deed. Others think Ella grew tired of his abuse and did it herself. Muddy is determined to find out for sure either way especially once she finds strange papers hidden amongst her mama's possessions.But Peckinpaw keeps its secrets buried deep. Muddy's almost-more-than-friend Bobby Marshall knows that better than most. Though he passes for white one of his ancestors was Frannie Crow a slave hanged a century ago on nearby Hark Hill Plantation. Adorning the town square is a seat built from Frannie's gallows. A tribute a relic--and a caution--it's known as Liar's Bench. 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.Kim Michele Richardson's lush beautifully written debut is set against a Southern backdrop passing uneasily from bigotry and brutality to hope. 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.
language: English
title: Liar's Bench
publisher: Kensington