Author Kate Moore - The Woman They Could Not Silence Paperback Release

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26 April, 2022

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Page 158 Books welcomes author Kate Moore for the paperback release of THE WOMAN THEY COULD NOT SILENCE. Moore’s newest release with Sourcebooks takes readers through the incredible journey of Elizabeth Packard, a middle-aged housewife in Illinois who was declared insane in 1860 by a patriarchal society for speaking her mind, but who triumphantly proved her sanity and prevailed in a sensational landmark trial. THE WOMAN THEY COULD NOT SILENCE has received incredible buzz, with THREE starred reviews, and selections as June Indie Next and LibraryReads pick, a Goodreads Summer reading pick, and Junior Library Guild pick. 1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women on her ward who tell the same story: they've been committed not because they need medical treatment, but to keep them in line—conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom and, disenfranchised both by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose... KATE MOORE is the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Radium Girls and The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition. A British writer based in London, she has published numerous Sunday Times bestsellers, writing across various genres including history, biography, true crime, gift, and humor.