The Frozen River

Right, and she restores their multidimensional humanity.

We saw her do this with Martha Ballard in The Frozen River.

Oh, that was such a good one.

It really illuminated the grueling, largely ignored realities of colonial midwifery.

okay.

An author that, despite how I botched her last name, I believe many listeners are familiar with, thanks to her wildly successful 2023 historic crime novel, The Frozen River.

This new one is also historical fiction, so take it away, Eee.

Yeah, this is, we go back to the 16th century, and it deals with a woman based on a historical figure in Ireland by the name of Grace O'Malley.

All right, the next book on my list coming out on the 8th is The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon.

This is the author that wrote The Frozen River.

I absolutely loved, loved, loved that book.

That was historical fiction drama.

His genre bending debut Untamed Coast spans three timelines.

1938 the 1980s and 2017 all set along the rugged alaskan coast and described as an atmospheric novel perfect for fans of mcgonaghy's wild dark shore moore's god of the woods la hun's frozen river and heller's the guide New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn said of the book, Untamed Coast is a bold, intricately plotted debut unfolding against the beauty and danger of the Alaskan wilderness.

The timelines coil, the intrigues mount, but it's Kevin C. Morris' vivid evocation of Alaska's savage beauty that truly shines.

Kevin spends his summers navigating the inside passage to Southeast Alaska, a rugged landscape that fuels both his adventures and his fiction.

I know.

But one thing that stood out or a few things that stood out, I loved your bio.

And then this book was being compared to Wild Dark Shore and God of the Woods and Frozen River and The Guide.

And Wild Dark Shore is like one of my favorite books.

In the number four spot, The Pirate Queen by Ariel Long, a historical inventor inspired by the life of Grace O'Malley, an infamous Irish sea captain and folk heroine who risked everything to protect her people against the powerful Elizabethan regime.

I could be wrong, and this is a real... building upon the success of Frozen River.

Ariel Lawin is now a brand.

I think I need two, Rebecca, before you're

I might actually hold on to this until next March and read this in the spring.

But I read The Frozen River and I absolutely loved it.

It was five stars.

So this author is definitely on my radar and I want to read anything she writes.