Walking on Broken Glass (2010) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Leah Thornton: a 27-year-old Southerner, English teacher, and middle-stage alcoholic
• Carl Thornton: Leah's largely unsympathetic husband
• Cathryn: Add a description of this character.
• Molly: Leah's best friend
• Theresa: Leah's rehab roomie
• Alyssa: Carl and Leah's baby daughter that died.
• Peter
• Dr. Nolan: Leah's obstetrician
• Matthew
• Devin
• Dani
• Rebecca
• Doug
• Annie
• Ron
• Melinda
• Landon
• Trudie
• Vince
• Kevin
• Jesse
• Mr. Jacobs
• Benny
• Dr. Sanders
• Nina
• Tina
• Vic
• Ms. Wattingly
• Nick
• Adam
• Dolores
• Bob
• Dr. Foret

Quotes edit see section history

• “...if I had known, if I had known... I would have been more careful with my life.”

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• Deciding not to decide is a decision.

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• “Don’t compromise yourself. Don’t ever, ever, ever compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.”

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• “Addiction tricks us into thinking we can pick and choose what we feel. We can’t. Real life means feeling. Life's supposed to have an edge. If it didn’t, how would you know if you were falling off?”

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• We don’t need to always understand something to accept it.”

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• “It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”

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• “She walks around all day quietly, but underneath it all she's electric angry energy inside a passive form. The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm.”

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• We disliked whatever we saw in others that reminded us of what we disliked in ourselves.

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• “I will accept my life and the paths it is taking, and trust that God is leading me where I need to be.”

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• Recovering Leah knows fear stands for false expectations appearing real.

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• Second Corinthians 5:17. ‘Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.’”

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Organizations edit see section history

• Alcoholics Anonymous: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Christa Allan (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › African American

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Christa Allan
• Abingdon Press