Bibliograph

Liar's bench, Kim Michele Richardson

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Label

Liar's bench, Kim Michele Richardson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Liar's bench

Oclc number

1269096856

Responsibility statement

Kim Michele Richardson

Summary

In 1972, on Mudas Summers's 17th 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

Target audience

adult

Creator