The Frozen River
The Frozen River By Ariel Lawhon Genre: Historical Fiction / Historical Mystery / Literary Fiction Publication Year: 2023 My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) Who Gets to Tell the Truth? History is filled with women whose contributions were overlooked. Some were ignored. Some were dismissed. Some carefully documented the world around them anyway, trusting that someday someone would listen. In The Frozen River , Ariel Lawhon resurrects one such woman and gives her the spotlight she has long deserved. Inspired by the real life of eighteenth-century midwife Martha Ballard, the novel blends historical mystery, courtroom drama, and deeply human storytelling into an unforgettable portrait of a woman determined to stand by the truth, regardless of the personal cost. The novel opens with a death. A man's body is discovered frozen in the Kennebec River during a brutal Maine winter. But what follows is not merely a murder investigation. It is a story about justice. About credibility. ...