02435cam a2200397 i 4500 804146082 TxAuBib 20230517120000.0 150804s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015460278 9781617737336 paperback 161773733X paperback TxAuBib rda Richardson, Kim Michele, author. Liar's bench / Kim Michele Richardson. New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2015] 261 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes recipes and a reading group guide (pages [254]-261). "In 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"--Inside flap of cover. 20230517. Mothers Death Fiction. Mothers Death. Hanging Fiction. Hanging. Families Fiction. Families. Mystery Fiction. Kentucky Fiction. Kentucky. Fiction. Historical fiction. TXLCL