Ampersand Book Club
The book club is currently at capacity, but you are welcome to fill in the expression of interest form, and we will let you know if a space becomes available.
Do you want to read new books, meet some bookish people, and have good chats over coffee? Then the Ampersand Book Club is for you! Come along to our next meetup on the last Saturday of the month.
This session's book
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Meeting date for this session
Saturday the 26th of July, 1-3pm
Meeting location
Downstairs at Ampersand Cafe and Bookstore, 78 Oxford St, Paddington NSW 2021
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Happy reading, fellow book lovers!
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Maine, 1789: When a man is found entombed in the frozen Kennebec River, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death.
As the local midwife and healer, Martha is good at keeping secrets. Her diary is a record of every birth, death and debacle that unfolds in the town of Hallowell. In that diary she has also documented the details of an alleged rape committed by one of the town’s most esteemed gentlemen – the same man who has now been found dead in the ice.
While certain townspeople are eager to put both matters to rest, Martha suspects that the two crimes are linked, and that there is more to both cases than meets the eye. Over the course of one long, hard winter, whispers and prejudices mount, and Martha’s diary lands at the centre of the scandal, threatening to tear both her family and her community apart.
The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense and tender story of an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice on behalf of those no one else would protect.
Source: Simon & Schuster
