Fiction Book Club

Join fellow readers at the Library for an engaging discussion of Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon on Tuesday, February 25th at 7:30 p.m.

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.  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.

Copies will be available at the Information Desk or on Libby.