Beach Belles Book Club often focuses on Southern fiction, so it was great that we won copies of Liar's Bench. The novel touched on many stereotypes of the South during the time period - a little over the top - but captured the underlying prejudices that don't go away with time. At least in the end there was some righting of the wrongs.

Even knowing the horrible war time conditions you want to keep reading this well-written story. The characters struggles to survive and hope seem all too real.

It was real - characters defined and believable.