Join Jill as she leads the discussion of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (2023). Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard, a midwife and healer, is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. 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. Based on the actual journals of midwife Martha Ballard.
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