

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Noon Book Club - The Frozen River
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Copies of this month's book are available at the Hattiesburg Library Circulation Desk. New members are always welcome and snacks are provided!
For any questions, please email group leader Brittany Tibbett: brittany@hpfc.lib.ms.us

About the book:
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.

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 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, 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.

Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.

Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon’s newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hattiesburg/noon-book-club-the-frozen-river/200029480086048
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029480086048?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hattiesburg-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hattiesburg
- **state**: MS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 329 Hardy St, Hattiesburg, MS, United States, Mississippi 39401
- **lat**: 31.32532
- **long**: -89.29582
- **full address**: 329 Hardy St, Hattiesburg, MS, United States, Mississippi 39401

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County (https://allevents.in/org/library-of-hattiesburg-petal-and-forrest-county/26057201)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 329 Hardy St, Hattiesburg, MS, United States, Mississippi 39401
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Noon Book Club - The Frozen River ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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