"""...explodes from the page, unearthing a hidden piece of penal history and delving into the grim reality of an experimental Quaker-run prison. Moore intertwines the harrowing experiences of a woman tortured for striving to live authentically, both in her work and personal life. Moore’s exquisite prose illuminates a past where women were imprisoned in both literal and virtual chains, revealing profound truths with shattering, poignant clarity.""--Randy Susan Meyers, International Bestselling Author

​""Moore’s lyrical prose infuses vivid, evocative imagery into this meticulously researched historical fiction. The Silent Cauldron mines the extraordinary depths of human cruelty in...prison to uncover the how far certain societies have gone to break the body, spirit, and will of women who risk being different. Moore accomplishes that task brilliantly, and in the darkest places she also finds sparks of resistance within one tortured victim and reveals the separate, stronger self within that she musters to stay alive.""--Lynne Hugo, award-winning author of The Language of Kin

“In her signature lyrical prose, E.B. Moore’s latest, Silent Cauldron, is a riveting story of a young woman attempting to straddle binary worlds. Silence is her power. Friendship her saving grace. But 1830’s Pennsylvania isn’t an easy place for a girl like Sam to survive. Straddling story lines between her coming-of-age and unjust imprisonment, the novel culminates in an harrowing ending that holds up a mirror to our common sins.” --Michelle Hoover author of The Quickening and Bottomland

""A poetically told story of a heroic young woman who faced horrific injustice in a prison ostensibly set up to be humane, but which abused her and tried to crush her spirit. I found myself rooting for Sam, a unique historic character with true grit who, if she lived today, would be at the forefront of the fight for women’s rights.""--Virginia Pye, author of Shelf Life of Happiness"