Mickey grew up watching his mother suffer from a bi-polar imbalance, which eventually plagues Mickey himself. Hancock creates the story of two damaged souls.Michael “Mickey” Chandler and Lucille “Lucy” Houston - each individual carrying around enough baggage that could sink the Titantic yet again. I guess that’s why she’s the author and I’m the reader. This has got to be the saddest, most emotional book that I have EVER read! All I can say is WOW! How did the author pull this off without crying herself.or maybe she did? I really just don’t know where she got the heart and sensitivity to write a book like this.

Okay, so I finished this novel with tears streaming down my face along with a box of Kleenex by my side. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is.Īn unvarnished portrait of a marriage that is both ordinary and extraordinary, Dancing on Broken Glass takes readers on an unforgettable journey of the heart. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. Like any marriage, they have good days and bad days-and some very bad days. Lucy promises not to blame him for what is beyond his control. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy’s twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there’s no denying their chemistry.Ĭautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work-and they put it all in writing. They’re both plagued with faulty genes-he has bipolar disorder, and she has a ravaging family history of breast cancer. Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn’t have fallen in love, let alone gotten married.

A powerfully written debut novel offering an intimate look at one couple's unconventional marriage that survives against all odds.

Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock