O'Brien's Broken Play

O'Brien's Broken Play

By Robert Johns

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You're going to get knocked down. Getting back up is what counts. Meet Tom O'Brien-disciplined, motivated, the star of his 1965 high school football team, and about to be recruited by Ohio State. But when Tom gets injured and is unable to play, he finds himself at a crossroads during a turbulent time in American history.

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Publisher: River Grove Books.
Publish Date: 10/31/2023
Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781632997500
ISBN-10: 1632997509
Language: English

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You're going to get knocked down. Getting back up is what counts.

Meet Tom O'Brien-disciplined, motivated, the star of his 1965 high school football team, and about to be recruited by Ohio State. But when Tom gets injured and is unable to play, he finds himself at a crossroads during a turbulent time in American history. With increasing self-doubt and uncertainty, he tries to reconcile the loss of a dream with the search for a new purpose.

Tom journeys through a sharply divided country, from suburban Ohio and Kent State to Hawaii, Los Angeles, and beyond. He protests the Vietnam War, engages in intellectual debates, and experiments with different ways of life, reinventing not only his identity but also the values that shape his existence.

Robert Johns's debut novel follows one young man's search for meaning, delving deep into the burgeoning counterculture, political upheaval, and generational divides that mark the late '60s and early '70s. O'Brien's Broken Play is an intensely human story of reframing the All-American dream and embracing an alternative fate.

About the Author

Robert Johns earned a master of arts in English from the University of Iowa in 1976. After a career in academia and the public sector, he became active in the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, writing O’Brien’s Broken Play and three novellas.

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