Liar's bench
Richardson, Kim Michele2021
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In 1972, on Mudas Summers' 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. 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.
Main title:
Liar's bench / Kim Michele Richardson.
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Imprint:
New York : Kensington, 2021.New York : Kensington, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.
ISBN:
9781496734228 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2574719