BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Calvert Library X-WR-CALNAME:Calvert Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:06267427-86d5-46b4-ba22-4792e7f64e54 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261016T075400Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T120000 SUMMARY:Book Discussion (Asbury)- Frozen River LOCATION:Southern Branch\nSouthern Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Southern Branch;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=10;X-TITLE=Southern Branch:geo:38.3366294,-76.4654184 GEO:38.3366294;-76.4654184 DESCRIPTION:Join us this month to discuss "Frozen River" by Ariel Lawhon. .\nhttps://calvertlibrary.libnet.info/event/17456930 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

"A gripping historical mystery based on th e real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard\, an 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Maine\, 1 789: 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\, Ma rtha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the tow n's most respected gentlemen--one of whom has now been found dead in the i ce. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion\, declaring the d eath to be an accident\, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murd er on her own. Over the course of one winter\, as the trial nears\, and wh ispers and prejudices mount\, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal\, implicating those she loves\, a nd compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie." - From the pu blisher

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