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Silence and Seizure Carol Rivas ' in a context whereSilence and Seizure is a memoir about raising a son with a rare epilepsy syndrome about the fear of seizures and the fear of unknown futures. The story starts when Christine Stewart Nunez's plan for a stable life disintegrates. She chases a diagnosis for her son Holden's odd behavior and lapses in language, and she watches her marriage to Holden's father end, understanding these changes through the lens of illness and its silences. Seizing in ditches,