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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Readers
UID:19441
DTSTAMP:20260422T164600Z
DTSTART:20260520T233000Z
DTEND:20260521T003000Z
LOCATION:Byron Public Library District, 100 S Washington St., Byron, IL 61
 010, United States
ROOM: Classroom 1
DESCRIPTION:Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man 
 in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine c
 ause 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. Mon
 ths earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by
  two of the town's most respected gentlemen - one of whom has now bee
 n found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclus
 ion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigat
 e the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one writer, as the t
 rial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the
  truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating tho
 se she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.
 Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon's newest offering intro
 duces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice a
 t a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen Ri
 ver is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who l
 eft an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.Inspir
 ed by the life of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defi
 ed the legal system and wrote herself into history.
URL:https://www.byronlibrary.org/event/wednesday-night-readers-19441
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