Unearthing Haunting Secrets: Erica Stern’s Frontier Blends Memoir and Ghost Story in Chilling Harmony
Ever wonder what it truly means to tread into the unknown territory of motherhood—beyond the glossy diapers ads and sanitized magazine spreads? Erica Stern’s latest book, Frontier: A Memoir & a Ghost Story, dives headfirst into that very wilderness. Picture this: a Wild West ghost haunting the shadowy edges of childbirth, a brain bobbing in a jar, and a present-day NICU filled with beeping machines that lull and terrify all at once. As a writer and mother who’s glimpsed the shimmering horizon of Lake Michigan not far from a cornfield, I can’t help but feel this is more than just a memoir. It’s a raw, imaginative exploration of birth’s treacherous landscape—where history, myth, and personal struggle collide with a journalistic sharpness that hooks you from page one. If you think the story of motherhood fits neatly into some tidy narrative arc, think again—this one scrambles the whole plot in the best possible way. Ready to confront birth’s frontier with eyes wide open? LEARN MORE.
