Dancing on Broken Glass

A powerfully written debut novel offering an intimate look at one couple's unconventional marriage that survives against all odds.Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler weren’t ever supposed to meet, let alone marry. They’re both cursed with bad geneshe with bipolar disorder and she with a ravaging family history of breast cancerbut when their paths cross on the night of her twenty-first birthday sparks fly, and there’s no denying their chemistry. On the day they get married, Lucy and Mickey sign an agreement. He promises to take his medicine. She promises not to blame him for circumstances beyond his control. And they both agree never to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine mammogram eleven years later and gets a happy surprise, all their rules are thrown out of the window and the two of them must negotiate a new way to live. Written with deep empathy and providing extraordinary insight into marriage and mental illness, Dancing on Broken Glass is a beautiful testament to the enduring power of love.

Ka Hancock has two nursing degrees and has spent most of her career working with psychiatric and substance abuse patients. She lives in Salt Lake City with her husband and has four children. This is her first novel.