Mona is living the dream . . . until, at thirty-eight, her busy stay-at-home-mom life is upended. Her grandmother moves into assisted living, her teenager, Grace, doesn’t need her anymore, her charity work kicks her to the curb, and none of her friends are showing up for her.
Suddenly, Mona has no purpose—unless you count stress-eating. But she seems to be the only one struggling. Shy Grace—ignoring her mother’s dreams for her to join the “it kids” in drama club—is off finding her voice (and a new band) at Bubby’s retirement home and making friends. Even Bubby’s too busy fending off resident mean girls and finding romance to pay Mona much mind. Then, on top of it all, Mona’s twenty-year high school reunion goes viral for all the wrong reasons, leaving her convinced she’s wasted her life. But when tragedy strikes, she is forced to face the truth: The only person who can make you feel small is you—and sometimes you have to lose everything you thought defined you to find what truly matters.
Heartfelt, funny, and refreshingly honest, Drama Drama Drama is a celebration of second acts, self-worth, and learning to skip the drama and live your own life.
Drama Drama Drama is an enjoyable novel from start to finish. Mona's situation felt relatable in so many ways. Even though she is a bit younger than me, I still understood where she was coming from. I could also relate to Esther and Grace, even though there's a huge age gap between them and myself.
Sometimes it seemed like Mona brought on her own drama and that could have been curbed by communicating with people about what was going on. There's a good reminder in here for why I don't go to high school reunions. That storyline reminded me of Romy and Michele.
It was really easy to visualize everything without the details getting in the way of the narrative. There are some important messages conveyed throughout and I feel like a lot of people could benefit from those. I liked all the Jewish joy in the story, as well.
While it takes place in the Chicago suburbs, where I grew up, I somehow kept picturing the area where I live in Maryland. I think having more specifics would have changed that for me. The timing was off, as Mona couldn't have gone to high school in the 1990s if the story takes place now. She would have graduated in the mid-aughts, if that were the case. Neither of these concerns were deal breakers for me though. I had an advanced reader's copy, so I hope the timing was fixed for the final publication.
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TW: Death of mother, death of spouse, death of relative, mild bullying, marital tension, difficult childbirth/unplanned hysterectomy
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