Walking on Glass

Description

Your mother's suicide attempt has left her in a coma from which she's never waking up. You know that she wouldn't want to live like this, but could you really help her die? Here you are, making the hardest decision of your life and there's no one to help you: Your father has disappeared into depression. Your best friend is becoming someone you no longer want to know. There is a girl who could help, maybe, if you'd let her. But in the end, it's all up to you. A free-verse novel from debut author Alma Fullerton plunges deep inside the psyche of a young man faced with a life-and-death decision. Title Page......Page 2 Dedication Page......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 A Personal Journal......Page 10 Just to Let You Know......Page 12 Journals......Page 13 This is Stupid......Page 14 Besides......Page 15 Jack......Page 16 Me and Jack......Page 17 My Shrink......Page 19 The Way She Was......Page 21 This Is How It Is......Page 22 Please Understand......Page 24 Honestly......Page 25 Roses......Page 26 All Good Things Gone......Page 27 If the Shoe Fits......Page 29 In the Car......Page 37 At Home......Page 39 Another Kid’s Shoes......Page 41 Downtown......Page 42 Visiting Mom......Page 44 Just Do It......Page 45 Maybe......Page 46 A Party......Page 47 The New Girl......Page 48 Am I?......Page 49 Just Because......Page 51 Anxiety Attacks......Page 52 Alissa’s Song......Page 53 What’s Wrong With Me?......Page 54 After School......Page 55 Jack and Me......Page 56 Nurses......Page 57 Walking on Broken Glass......Page 58 Alissa......Page 59 Homework......Page 60 Money......Page 61 The Conversation......Page 62 Talking......Page 63 If I Could Go Back......Page 65 The House......Page 67 The Date......Page 68 After My Date......Page 70 I’m Sorry......Page 71 Mothers......Page 72 Thinking Back......Page 73 Normal Days......Page 75 Spirit Scents......Page 76 My Arm......Page 77 Hard Core......Page 78 Sleepless......Page 79 Alissa Meets Mom......Page 80 Stolen Souls......Page 82 That Kid......Page 84 Wrinkles......Page 86 Identity......Page 87 Seventeen......Page 88 Relief......Page 91 God, Forgive Me......Page 92 Is She There?......Page 93 In Science......Page 94 Jack’s Mother......Page 95 Mom’s Room......Page 96 Questions......Page 98 Avoiding Alissa......Page 99 Breaking Away......Page 100 Hidden From View......Page 101 Dad......Page 102 Alissa Asks......Page 103 Conversations With Dad......Page 104 In the Hallway......Page 107 Forgiveness......Page 108 On the Way to School......Page 109 Mirrors......Page 110 I Should Have......Page 111 Waiting for Death......Page 112 The Penalty......Page 114 Opinion......Page 115 Murder......Page 116 Thinking......Page 117 I Wish I May......Page 118 Closing Doors......Page 119 First Signs of Life......Page 120 Maybe He Knows......Page 121 Dad’s Feelings......Page 122 Flashbacks......Page 123 Depression......Page 125 Gangs......Page 126 Could Have Been......Page 127 Surely It’s Different......Page 128 Mom’s Roses......Page 129 My Dream......Page 130 What Happened......Page 131 Remembering Mom......Page 134 Covering Mom’s Roses......Page 135 This Is Not a Life......Page 137 This Has to be Right......Page 138 Mom’s Birthday......Page 139 Acknowledgments......Page 141 About the Author......Page 142 Credits......Page 143 Copyright Notice......Page 144 About the Publisher......Page 145