Frozen River: A Novel by Ariel Lawhon | eBook instant Download
Frozen River: A Novel by Ariel Lawhon | eBook instant Download
It’s always impressive to me what a talented author can craft simply by combining meticulous research, nuggets of dry historical fact and an experienced imagination. I gave THE FROZEN RIVER four stars on Goodreads, but I’d probably give it 4.5 if I could.
The setting is shortly after the American Revolution (1775-83). There’s a new Constitution but the Bill of Rights hasn’t yet been ratified (1791). A new United States government is just figuring out how to operate. American dollars and British pounds are both in circulation and the local court system is in its infancy. And women are essentially controlled by their fathers or husbands.
The novel centers on the story of Martha Ballard (1735-1812), a midwife-healer who lived with her husband and children along the shores of the Kennebec River in Maine. The actual Martha Ballard left behind little more than a daily diary (that she began at the age of 50) with terse, even cryptic, notations along with a few meager references in court documents. But the Martha Ballard author Lawhon creates is fully fleshed out — an intelligent, thoughtful, and somewhat flawed pillar of her community.
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