Mona Acts Out by Mischa Berlinski is a perceptive and well-written novel about a woman struggling with her relationships with her husband and her inlaws and with her son at the same time as she is navigating a bereavement after the death of her sister and also re-evaluating her career decisions.

Mona is an established stage actress living in New York. During a mid-life crisis moment, and after receiving a postcard from a stage director, whom she had worked with, Mona finds herself in a metaphorical play of her life divided into blurring acts (as in parts of a play).
I found some parts, especially the first two chapters, engaging and funny.
Pros
the theatre scene
NY
in-laws
Mona’s dilemmas
the rage

Room for improvement
The plot
the resolution
the layers and details (more sophistication)

I love novels that have anything to do with the entertainment industry and it was so fun getting a behind the scene look at life through famous theatre actress Mona. Sometimes you just have a break in life and half to find your way back and it was so nice seeing Mona find her self again and go on this journey with her.