The Bench

Novelist M. Catherine Hanley, takes readers along on a journey to a new home, new town and new friends. Kate Marshall, and her husband, Dave, move into their first home, miles away from the world they knew. Here, in the town of Richmond, Kate uncovers details about her home, and the people that lived in it. Can she exist in this new place that is both welcoming and threatening? Can she rely on her own sense of self, and not listen to the doubts in her mind? We follow Kate, root for her, and get to know her and her two sisters as if they were our own. And, we can relate to what she encounters along the way, like the universal feelings of homesickness, everyday obsessions, loneliness, the difficulties in making new friends, and setting roots. And, as she learns the truth about her house, and the secret it hides, we see how a decision -- made in panic -- can affect more lives than we could ever realize.