Category: Ariel Lawhon

• Review of “The Frozen River”

  The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon tells the story of Martha Ballard, a midwife who lived in the eighteenth century. The story opens in November of 1789 when a body is found in the frozen Kennebec river in rural Maine. As the local midwife and licensed medical practitioner, Martha Ballard is summoned directly from a…

• Review of “Code Name Hélène”

  WWII

  Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon is a story of dichotomies as it is both an incredibly motivating and uplifting story but also incredibly sad and heartbreaking. Based loosely on true events it tells the story of Nancy Wake, a reporter turned smuggler and spy who was on the ground in France during WWII. Told…