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Mona in Three Acts

Translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison

ABOUT
THE BOOK

Mona’s demanding mother ruled their home until a car crash took her life and changed their family forever. Left to tend to a distant father and a needy younger brother, Mona finds her new role almost too much to bear. And when a new stepmother, troubled and depressed, adds yet another crack to the family portrait, Mona’s forced to shoulder an even greater share of the emotional burden .Somewhere between her responsibility to her family and to her own life, Mona finds a route of escape: in a theater career she craves. But for every challenge ahead—romantic, professional, sexual, and familial—Mona wonders how much of her future has already been defined by the challenges of her past .An emotional, funny, and universal novel about the people, experiences, and choices that make us who we are, Mona in Three Acts is a revelatory journey of a woman’s self-discovery, forgiveness, and courage to finally speak her truth.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Griet
Op de Beeck

Griet Op de Beeck (1973) worked as a drama teacher in the theater for ten years. She went on to write for Humoand for De Morgen. This, her second novel since the appearance of Many Heavens Above the Seventh, has been eagerly awaited.

Griet Op de Beeck (1973) worked as a drama teacher in the theater for ten years. She went on to write for Humoand for De Morgen. This, her second novel since the appearance of Many Heavens Above the Seventh, has been eagerly awaited.

NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

This book has been lent very much by our borrowers. Bibliotheek Eindhoven, Netherlands

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Netherlands
Original Language
Dutch
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Translator
Michele Hutchison
Translation
Translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison

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