# Liar's Bench - Paperback

by **Kim Michele Richardson** (Author)

**"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 author**

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.

### Author Biography

**Kim Michele Richardson** is the award-winning, _New York Times_ and _USA Today_ bestselling author of Southern fiction, including _The Sisters of Glass Ferry, Liar's Bench_, _GodPretty in the Tobacco Field_and _The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek,_ which was a LibraryReads selection, an IndieNext Pick, a Books-A-Million Best Fiction selection, an Oprah's Buzziest Books pick and a Women's National Book Association Great Group Reads selection. Born in Kentucky and a part-time resident of North Carolina, she is a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and an advocate for the prevention of child abuse and domestic violence. Please visit her online at KimMicheleRichardson.com.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** April 28, 2015

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