Hey friends welcome to this episode and we are chatting today with mega

New York Times best selling author Kate Moore who has written Radium Girls and

also the woman they could not silence. I chose the woman

they could not silence as my fall book club book and it is unput downable. It is

a narrative non-fiction book. It is slightly infuriating. Okay more than slightly infuriating.

Okay, more than slightly infuriating.

It is about a woman whose husband has her committed to a mental facility for no reason other

than she disagrees with him. She goes on to create massive societal change.

So I'm chatting with Kate about her book. I'm chatting with Kate about women's

roles in the United States at the time, which is right after the Civil War.

And I have to warn you, this topic may not be super appropriate for young children.

It's not graphic, but there are some themes that you may not want to discuss with your little ones, especially related to adult woman things.

So just be aware, but I think you are going to find this conversation and her book so interesting. Let's dive in. I'm Sharon

McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast. Yay! Kate, thank you so much. So glad to chat with you today. Oh, likewise, Sharon, it's a pleasure to be here. Thank you. Oh, I have

you guys, if you guys are not familiar with Kate's work,

if you guys are not familiar with Kate's work,

she is like runaway best-selling author of Radium Girls and the woman they could not silence, both of which are true stories that read like compelling fiction book that you have got to find out what happens.

Narrative non-fiction, Kate, that is a hard genre to nail it.

As an avid consumer of narrative non-fiction, well done to you.

Well, thank you.

The other point I would make, you know, given your background as someone who is all about the facts,

you know, that's the thing that's sort of crucial with narrative non-fiction because you want to have those

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