Dancing on Broken Glass

POSSIBLE SPOILERS PRESENT WITHIN REVIEW Okay, so I finished this novel with tears streaming down my face along with a box of Kleenex by my side. 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...o......more

This book took me over a year to read for various reasons. I had seen it on Goodreads, and couldn't source it locally. I try not to buy books anymore as I only hold on to keepers. So Open Library was great, and I started reading it on quiet times at the service desk at work, this was slow going. For......more

A RARE INSIGHT INTO BIPOLAR DISORDER: DEEPLY MOVING, SENSITIVE AND SMART Dancing on Broken Glass is life-affirming and unapologetically sentimental. It’s also a raw and realistic portrayal of people coping with life’s truly tough challenges. It’s about mental illness, up close and personal. And c......more

I enjoyed the concept of this book as it is rare to read a love story that involves someone with bipolar disorder. Lucy is able to see past the illness and fall in love with the man, even when the realities of the illness rear their undeniable heads. I can tell, however, that this book is a "first"......more

4,5 stelline «Lulu, ci sono tre cose che ti assicuro riguardo alla morte. Una è che la morte non è la fine. Sembra che lo sia – ecco perché le persone piangono – eppure non lo è. Due, che non è dolorosa. Un’altra questione molto importante, perché le persone hanno paura di ciò che non conoscono. N......more