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Tanz auf Glas by Ka Hancock
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Tanz auf Glas (2012)

by Ka Hancock

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"Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn't have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They're both plagued with faulty genes--he has bipolar disorder; she, a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy's twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there's no denying their chemistry. Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work--and they put their commitment in writing. Mickey will take his medication. Lucy won't blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty. She promises patience. Like any marriage, there are good days and bad days--and some very bad days. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. Everything. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is."--P. [4] of cover.… (more)
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I loved every minute of this book! The prologue was amazing and drew me in immediately with feelings of dread and love mixed together to create a wonderful ambiance. Ka Hancock’s story flows so smoothly that I couldn't put it down and I finished it in 3 hours! The portrayal of Bipolar Disorder was phenomenal, it perfectly explains the mania and depressive episodes that come with Bipolar while also being firmly clinical in parts. The characters were so believably human that I found myself wanting to go to Brinley to meet them! I loved hearing Mickey's perspective in the chapters; it really showed how his thinking evolved and accumulated and led him to the decisions he made throughout the story. Ka has such an effortless way of describing things that makes her prose simply beautiful! I enjoyed the different personalities of the sisters that, instead of pulling them apart, showed just how close they are while being different from one another, just like real sisters! The whole book had me in tears, beginning to end! It was AMAZING, and I cannot wait to read the Duzy House of Mourning, Ka’s second novel! I would give Dancing on Broken Glass the highest honor I can bestow by recommending it to my Grandma to read! 10 out of 10 It will forever be in my library and always have a recommendation! ( )
  SamPalmer1852 | Sep 1, 2023 |
Dancing on Broken Glass. Ka Hancock 2012. It has been a long time since I have cried when I read a book, but this one really touched me. I almost didn’t read it when it started with “I met Death at a party;” but I remembered how I hesitated to read The Book Thief, and what a tremendous book that was. Lucy and Mickey meet at her 21th birthday party that was held at Mickey’s club. They’re immediately drawn to each other. Mickey is bi-polkAkAar and Lucy’s sisters and some of her friends were completely against the marriage. They marry anyway and have a funny, happy, exciting marriage even with Mick’s occasional hospitalizations when he falls off the bi-polar rails, they survive Lucy’s horrible breast cancer treatments. Because of both of their medical histories, they decide not to have children. Of course, she gets pregnant, and she a Mickey are thrilled when they get used to the idea. Then they find out her cancer has come back. Lucy refuses an abortion and refuses treatment because she wants the baby. All of this sounds sloppy and sentimental, but it contains some touching, beautiful scenes about marriage, sisterly love and life and death. I READ THE BOOK DID NOT LISTEN TO AUDIO ( )
  judithrs | Jul 31, 2023 |
One of my favorite books of all time. This book quickly climbed onto that list. The remarkable love story of 2 people suffering from different things just trying to make their love work. The selflessness and emotion you feel is encapsulating. I am not a love story book kinda person but this book.... this book is so much more than just a love story. You fall in love with the characters, almost all of them. I LOVE this book. ( )
  LiveLaughRead | May 17, 2020 |
Loved the book, the characters, the town. Lucy and Mickey meet, get married, and deal with what life has given them -- he is bipolar and has serious episodes requiring hospitalization, and her family has a strong history of cancer. The most important things in the story are how amazingly Lucy and Mickey love each other despite obstacles and what close family relationships they have. They also live in an amazing neighborhood, surrounded by people who've known Lucy a lifetime and embrace Mickey as though he's always been there, too. They're warm people who show their caring in many ways that really count.

Without giving away the story, something profound changes everything for the couple and everyone who loves them. There are many difficult times, lots of family history, some of it unknown. The book is full of remarkable details regarding bipolar disorder and cancer. There are other remarkable details about people and how they handle things, both good and bad. Humans being humans in all the array of ways we all do that.

I have one thing to say as an aside that pertains to many, many books. Why do authors always have a character (at least one) with green eyes and rarely mention the color of anyone else's eyes? I have green eyes and find that pretentious. Is there something special about green eyes? Really. What does that add to a story? If a male writes the book, it's usually a beautiful woman with green eyes. In this case, it's 3 sisters. None of my sisters have green eyes or the exact same coloring, so it would be unusual in a family for three with different coloring to have green eyes. Come on authors, green eyes are overdone in nearly every book I read these days. ( )
  Rascalstar | Jan 21, 2017 |
Reading this book was like watching a Lifetime movie which I don't do- ever. It was melodramatic and extremely predictable. The plot was telegraphed from the first few chapters and it played out exactly as I thought it would. I don't swear off chick-lit as a whole but this is not the type of chick-lit I enjoy. This one was treacly, overwrought and repetitive. This book could have easily been 60 pages shorter and had the same result. Disappointing. ( )
  Maureen_McCombs | Aug 19, 2016 |
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"Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn't have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They're both plagued with faulty genes--he has bipolar disorder; she, a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy's twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there's no denying their chemistry. Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work--and they put their commitment in writing. Mickey will take his medication. Lucy won't blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty. She promises patience. Like any marriage, there are good days and bad days--and some very bad days. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. Everything. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is."--P. [4] of cover.

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