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And the writer Ariel Lawhon did just that in her latest book “The Frozen River,” a gripping historical mystery inspired by the true life and diary of Martha Ballard, a remarkable 18th century midwife ...

Frozen River' by Ariel Lawhon – A historical mystery inspired by the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife and healer in ... 4. ‘Dog Man: Big Jim Begins’ by Dav Pilkey – The 13th book in ...

And 4) Martha Ballard, a midwife who kept a diary from 1785 to 1812, wrote of assisting in 827 births and losing no mothers and only 3 babies. Her diary was, for a long time, considered “trivial ...

A man tries to ... mystery inspired by Martha Ballard, an 18th-century American healer whose journals were the subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history “A Midwife’s Tale.” ...

‘Frozen River’ by Ariel Lawhon – A historical mystery inspired by the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife and healer ... Kaveh Akbar – A young Iranian man dealing with addiction issues ...

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 ...

This award-winning author retells “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, this time through the eyes of the enslaved man Jim. This is a powerful ... people and this time her story focuses on Martha Ballard ...

This award-winning author retells “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, this time through the eyes of the enslaved man Jim ... her story focuses on Martha Ballard — a midwife in Maine during ...