Marmo Book Club: Offsite Event at Marmo

Calling all mystery and suspense book lovers in Mason County and beyond. Every second Saturday, join a staff member from Shelton TRL at Marmo (217 W Cota St) and delve into the rich and diverse literature of mystery or suspense novels. In January, we'll read Ariel Lawhon's novel, The Frozen River : When a man accused of rape turns up dead, an Early American town seeks justice amid rumors and controversy. Lawhon’s fifth work of historical fiction is inspired by the true story and diaries of midwife Martha Ballard of Hallowell, Maine, a character she brings to life brilliantly here. As Martha tells her patient in an opening chapter set in 1789, “You need not fear…. In all my years attending women in childbirth, I have never lost a mother.” This track record grows in numerous compelling scenes of labor and delivery, particularly one in which Martha has to clean up after the mistakes of a pompous doctor educated at Harvard, one of her nemeses in a town that roils with gossip and disrespect for women’s abilities. --Kirkus Reviews