From the moment the TV intro flickers to life, you know this won’t be your garden-variety Fringe show. New York’s Brooke isn’t just sharing personal stories — she’s throwing open the door to that tangled, messy web life we never expect but can’t ignore: when your path gets rewritten by medical chaos.

This isn’t a polished memoir, it’s a raw conversation with someone you haven’t seen in years — the kind where the floodgates open, the truth spills out, and you laugh through the tears. Brook, a writer and Moth StorySLAM champ, guides you through the bewildering maze of hospital visits, setbacks, and uncertainty, all while desperately clutching at the fragile threads of a ‘normal’ young adulthood slipping away. And yes, there’s a cuddly guide dog cameo — at first it seems out of place, but it’s the perfect symbol of the bonds that keep us tethered, especially the tender, unexpected ties with her grandmother.

Set against the intimate, intense backdrop of the Bunker, the space feels like the inside of a breath held — sometimes uncomfortable, always honest, but never without a flicker of hope. Brooke’s storytelling weaves sharp wit with moments of gut-punching reality — hospital wards, disrupted lives, and the fractured beauty of broken glass.

And here’s where the show shines with something truly special — the writing. It’s got that Walt Whitman rhythm, the kind that sings of brokenness not as defeat but as brilliance, as light refracted through cracks. A Wes Anderson touch, too — delicate, quirky, with an eye for the odd little moments that make pain beautiful. Warmth and streetwise grit swirl together, lifting this beyond mere survival into something altogether more luminous.

Make no mistake, this is a lived-in, sometimes brutal meditation on piecing yourself back together when the world falls apart. But it’s carried with a grace and lightness you don’t often see — like glass catching the sun and throwing rainbows.

If you’re up for taking the left side of your brain out for a thoughtful, early-morning walk — this is the show to see.