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035			_a(OCoLC)1446416837
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050	0	0	_aPS3601.L447 _bF76 2024
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100	1		_aLawhon, Ariel, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe frozen river _h[[Book] :] _ba novel / _cAriel Lawhon.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bVintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, _c2024.
300			_a432 pages : _bmap ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
365	0	0	_a01 _b18.00.
520			_a"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. 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. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aBallard, Martha, _d1735-1812 _vFiction.
650		0	_aMidwives _zMaine _vFiction.
650		0	_aMurder _xInvestigation _zMaine _vFiction.
650		0	_aDiaries _vFiction.
651		0	_aKennebec River Valley (Me.) _xSocial life and customs _y18th century _vFiction.
655		0	_aHistorical fiction.
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