Brad Abruzzi
ASIN: B01N4QUNMA
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 339
Henry Woolsey is a married father of two, pushing forty, in Great Recession America. Despite his best efforts, he is an attorney at a large Boston law firm, where he works fifteen-hour days defending the predatory lending practices of regional banks. Inklings that Henry might still have a soul surface in his small gestures of rebellion around the office, rock-out moments alone with his car radio, and his too-brief “Hulk SMASH!” interactions with his kids. Turns out, too, that in his day Henry could rough up a drum kit, and circumstances + an impulse to beat on something conspire to land him a gig in a four-piece indie band with musicians half his age. Bandwidth and identity issues, marital crisis, and moderate-to-severe property damage follow, as Henry tries and fails to balance his new rock-‘n’-roll persona with his grown-man obligations. As events come to a head — culminating in a ...