04292cam a2200841 4500 1010625263 TxAuBib 20231015120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781617737343 1617737348 B00ONTS5R4 Amazon 52c55f44-b6ae-4c2f-8f9f-78602cfcbee1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2013071 OverDrive (Product ID) 249998 249998 249998 TxAuBib Richardson, Kim Michele. Liar's Bench [Libby]. Kensington Books, 2015. family. relationships. 1970s. Friendship. literary fiction. Historical. family life. romance. sisters. the south. Fiction. crime. novels. Saga. marriage. love. Death. Midwest. women. Historical Fiction. Women's Fiction. murder . mysteries. Southern fiction. grief. Kentucky. Chick Lit. Mothers and daughters. fiction books. family drama. realistic fiction. family fiction. African American fiction. gifts for women. gifts for her. african american historical fiction. fiction psychological. women gifts. books fiction. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2710kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2269kB. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p><b>In this coming-of-age novel, a white, small-town Kentucky teen uncovers dark secrets while investigating her mother's suspicious death in 1972.</b></p> <p>In 1972, on Mudas Summers's 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.<br /> 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.</p> <p><b>"Glorious... <i>Liar's Bench</i> succeeds on many levels.... Much of any reader's delight will be rooted in savoring the sounds, smells, tastes, and fragrances that enhance her captivating vision of a typical Southern small town during two linked periods of its history."—<i>Southern Literary Review</i></b></p> <p><b>"This has southern small-town charm... includes recipes and discussion questions and may appeal to those who like Rebecca Wells or Jennifer Chiaverini."—<i>Booklist</i></b></p><b>"A satisfying mystery with thought-provoking historical elements, written in a sassy Southern voice."—<i>Historical Novels Review</i></b>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-10-15 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/liars-bench?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/liars-bench?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/liars-bench?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)