Read Between the Vines Book Club
Thu, Mar 19
|Rose Vineyards & Winery
Join the North Branford Public Library once a month at Rose Vineyards for our Read Between the Vines Book Club! Pick up a copy of the book (details below) at Smith or Atwater Library, or access the eBook version on Libby/Hoopla/Palace!
Time & Location
Mar 19, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Rose Vineyards & Winery, 2 Valley Rd, North Branford, CT 06471, USA
About the event
Our featured book is, The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon!
"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…