Brown Bag Book Club In-Person
This month's selection is The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. The Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held in Logan Auditorium, 12-1 PM on Wednesday, January 8th. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Registration required. Visitors and new members are always welcome!
- Date:
- Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Logan Auditorium - Upper Level
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Clubs
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
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. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. 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 of the print edition in regular and large print will be available at the library's Circulation Desk one month ahead of the meeting and audiobook copies can be found in the Libby app.
Please email Christina at ccastle@braintreema.gov if you are having trouble borrowing a copy of the book.