From the back of the book:
The farmhouse near Lake Chautauqua is where theater director Will Bartlett and his family spend their summers. But the summer of 1971 is different. Will's entire troupe of actors is also descending on the house, for a month-long, round-the-clock rehearsal of Of Mice and Men. For Will, this is a great communal experiment, an artistic adrenaline rush. For his wife, Myra, it's an overflowing sink, an organizational nightmare - and, maybe, a chance to resurrect her abandoned stage career. For Beth, their sixteen-year-old daughter, it's the opportunity of a lifetime - not just to steal the lead (and only) female role in the play from her mother, but to make her move on a handsome actor. And for the youngest Bartlett, Mac, it's pretty much summer as usual - dodging spiders, catching crayfish - until everyone else's plans start to fall apart, with results that walk a thin line between comedy and tragedy.
I would call this a ho-hum book at best. Another book were I failed to connect with the characters. Will had this great idea of having his actors live their parts for the month. That would work for possibly a few hours, then boredom would set in and they would go searching for other things to do. That was when the trouble started. Bored people start looking for new and exciting things - and people. And that leads to a whole set of new troubles.
Sometimes it's best to leave your work at the workplace.
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