**Book Details:**
The book this month is ***The Frozen River*** **by Ariel Lawhon**. *The Frozen River* is a historical fiction thriller following Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife in Maine. It is a tense and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day. Martha Ballard leverages her standing as a medical professional to investigate two crimes: a murder and a rape. Martha is an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard.

When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha is summoned to examine the body and determine the cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in the town of 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.

**Lunch Details:**
We will be eating at The Flyin’ Pig, 13560 Waterford Place, Midlothian, VA 23112 at 11:30 a.m.
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The menu can be found at [https://theflyinpigrestaurant.com/food-menu/](https://theflyinpigrestaurant.com/food-menu/)

**Future BLL reading:**
October - The Women by Kristin Hannah
November - The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn

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