Stand Your Ground - Softcover

Murray, Victoria Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476792992 ISBN 13: 9781476792996

Publisher: Atria Books, 2015

Synopsis

Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work--Fiction

From the #1 Essence bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray comes Stand Your Ground, a new novel about two women who are faced with the same tragedy.

A black teenage boy is dead. A white man shot him. Was he standing his ground or was it murder?

Janice Johnson is living every black mother's nightmare. Her seventeen-year-old son was murdered and the shooter has not been arrested. Can the D.A. and the police be trusted to investigate and do the right thing? Should Janice take advantage of the public outcry and join her husband alongside the angry protestors who are out for revenge?

Meredith Spencer is married to the man accused of the killing and she sees her husband and the situation with far more clarity than anyone realizes. What she knows could blow the case wide open, but what will that mean for her life and that of her son? Will she have the courage to come forward in time so that justice can be done?

#1 national bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray's Stand Your Ground is a pulse-pounding meditation on race, motherhood, marriage, and vigilante justice that will have readers spellbound until its shocking end.

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Review:

"With artful descriptions, Victoria put me inside their hearts and minds. I did not just enjoy this read, I lived it."--Michelle Lindo Rice, bestselling author of the Able To Love series

"Murray and Billingsley keep things lively and fun."--Juicy magazine

"This faith-based novel should keep devout fans on their toes."--Upscale magazine

"A great choice for folks who spend Sunday mornings in the front pew."--Library Journal

"My girl, Victoria Christopher Murray has done it again! I love her work and this book will bless you, so read it."--Michele Andrea Bowen, author of Church Folk, Second Sunday, and Holy Ghost Corner

"Murray's characters are extremely likable. . . .This page-turning take on the Faustian theme should satisfy fans and newcomers alike."--WalMart BookPage

"Murray has always impressed me with her ability to live the life of her characters and make them come alive with each turning page."--Indianapolis Recorder

"Victoria is an exceptional writer who knows how to deliver a story. Readers will find themselves still thinking about the characters long after they've turned the last page."--Kimberla Lawson Roby, author of The Best-Kept Secret

"Frenetic and deliciously slapstick sequel to Sinners & Saints . . . These frenemies [Rachel Jackson Adams and Jasmine Larson Bush] are drama queens at their best and smartest, a combination that will leave fans praying for their further misadventures."--Publishers Weekly

"Readers, be on the lookout for Victoria Christopher Murray's Never Say Never. You'll definitely need to have a buddy-reader in place for the lengthy discussion that is bound to occur."--USA Today

About the Author:

Victoria Christopher Murray is the author of more than twenty novels including: Greed; Envy; Lust; The Ex Files; Lady Jasmine; The Deal, the Dance, and the Devil; and Stand Your Ground, which was named a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Winner of nine African American Literary Awards for Fiction and Author of the Year (Female), Murray is also a four-time NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Fiction. She splits her time between Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Visit her website at VictoriaChristopherMurray.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1476792992
• ISBN 13: 9781476792996
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356