Lawhon, Ariel

The Frozen River: A Novel

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ISBN 13:
9780385546874
author:
Lawhon, Ariel
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Doubleday & Co Inc.
language:
English
Publication Year:
2023
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
23.6 x 15.4 x 3.8 centimetres (0
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Women, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£20.55

Description

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. In 1789, Maine's Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, and Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in the close-knit community. 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. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth, her diary soon landing at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling her to decide where her own loyalties lie.

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