Unearthing Haunting Secrets: Erica Stern’s Frontier Blends Memoir and Ghost Story in Chilling Harmony
As Stern closes in on a diagnosis for her infant son, she likens the experience to Freytag’s pyramid, that is, she writes, ‘Sciences has no name for this. I am not sure literature does, either.[…] Jonah’s story refuses to adhere to the neat diagram [of Freytag]. There’s rising action, crisis, falling action, then scramble.”
Questions persist, but the ones about sacrifice and parenting and telling a darn-good story, one that resonates and transforms and connects, will always be at the heart of identity.
