Dec52023

The Frozen River

By:Ariel Lawhon

This book is part of:Standalone

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The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon centers on Martha Ballard, a skilled midwife in 1789 Maine whose detailed diary captures the births, deaths, and scandals of her tight-knit frontier community. When a man accused of rape is found frozen in the Kennebec River, Martha performs an autopsy revealing signs of murder, but a rival physician dismisses it as an accident, forcing her to investigate amid whispers, legal battles, and threats to her family. As winter deepens and tensions rise over justice for a parson's wife and hidden town secrets, Martha balances her duties delivering babies, protecting her mute son, and challenging powerful men in a society that silences women.