Evening Book Discussion – The Frozen River
Join us Tuesday, May 20 at 7pm for a discussion of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Registration is not required. All are welcome, bring a friend! Light refreshments will be served. Titles will be available for checkout in a variety of formats from the front desk three weeks prior to meeting date.
Book description: A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen–one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.
