Английски език
I'm not okay. I'm not okay at all. I'm dark again. I'm exhausted. I feel hopeless. I've been painting the walls and sleeping on the kitchen floor.
One year after a falling out that cost him and his former bandmate, Mike Hoffmann, a shot at fame, Oliver Bernard is determined to make his ex see that he's worth something more than a mere distraction from someone else.
Though their lives are miles apart, Oliver trapped in a maddeningly silent prison of loneliness and shame, Mike resolutely enduring a dead-end job, toxic marriage, and fervent sense of loyalty to his young daughters, the two of them have stuck together since the day they met. They know without question they've got each other's backs when no one else does, which is why Oliver asks Mike to perform with him at Punk Rock Bowling: an opportunity that can put them back on the music map, help them get on their feet, and show the world that he's a force to be reckoned with.
To Oliver, the performance is urgent and necessary, even when his bond with Mike quickly gets too deep and crosses boundaries that friendships shouldn't. As a tender, safe intimacy steadily blossoms in their private world, Mike's marriage swiftly disintegrates, and Oliver is quietly left hiding something dark and dangerous for the sake of appearing in control.
I Was Broken Before I Got Here is a tale of grace, redemption, love, self-worth, family, and finding meaning in the simpler things in life.
