Recently, I’ve read Heidi Reimer’s The mother act. This book explores gender roles and motherhood through theater, which to me was quite new. Usually, I’ve seen books on gender roles that are more non-fiction, they are more of an essay type. And while this can be super interesting, I am well aware that not everyone enjoys reading researched essays that are more technical than entertaining. Well, The mother act provides a superb overview of the gender roles especially relating to motherhood, through playwriting and the theater setting. In my previous English classes, we had discussed a lot…