Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free

by Anonymous

The true story of a single mother's love and perseverance, her son's autism diagnosis with its challenges and gifts, and their triumph together over life's toughest obstacles. Journey with Emily Colson--daughter of former White House Special Counsel Chuck Colson--as she takes you from her darkest days of pain to her adventure through life. With candor and wit, she shares about her personal battles and heartbreak when, as a suddenly single mother, she discovered that her only child has autism. Emily illuminates the page with vivid imagery--making you laugh, making you cry, and inspiring you to face your own challenges. This is the story that will inspire you to break free of the barriers that threaten to constrict your life, and Max is the young man who will capture--and even change--your heart. As you learn more about Max and his journey, you'll learn In a special prologue and epilogue from Chuck Colson--his most personal writing since Born Again-- he details how Max's resilient spirit unraveled his thinking and brought out his tender side as a grandfather. Along the way, you'll discover that Max's disability does not so much define who he is, but reveals who we are. Dancing with Max is not a fairy tale with a magical ending. It's a real-life story of grace, second chances, and fresh starts in spite of life's hardest problems. And Max? Max will make you fall in love with life all over again, leaving you dancing with joy. Praise for Dancing with Max : "Emily shares her moving story, of life's struggles but of its even greater victories, in her own words. This is a story of triumph, in spite of the suffering and pain. It is most of all a love story, and a story about changed lives--Emily's, Max's, and also mine." --Chuck Colson, former White House Special Counsel

Genres: Biography Memoir

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2012

About the author

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Reviews

[Tracy Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is written by the mother of a young man with autism. In short chapters, Emily Colson shares snippets of her life raising Max and advocating for him. At times some subtlety in the storytelling left me a little confused, but generally it is easy to read. I found it encouraging and uplifting to read how God sustained and enabled the author to communicate with her son and embrace the life that turned out differently than she had expected.

[Bill Larson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a parent of a son diagnosed with ASD, this book was educational, enlightening, entertaining but most of all emotional. I am grateful for Emily deciding to write her and Max's story because there are so many parallels between what she experienced with Max and what my wife and I experience with our son.

If you have a friend or loved one diagnosed with ASD, there will be great value for you in reading this book.

[Hanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book sheds light on raising a child with autism and although difficult, is a blessing. I love that the author used scripture. Prepare to be inspired!