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Dancing with Max
- A Mother and Son Who Broke Free
- Narrated by: Emily Colson
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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 about:
- The incredible power of community
- Facing each day with grace and faith
- Turning your challenges into blessings
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
What the critics say
"In sharing her discovery of God's gift to Max seeing the world with a different but uncluttered view, Colson will bring hope and encouragement to those who have a child with autism. The book includes a prologue and epilogue by author - and Max's grandfather - Charles Colson." (Christian Retailing)
What listeners say about Dancing with Max
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- Melinda Holloway
- 2020-03-09
awesome story
loved it so much, was a great story and plan on reading more like this
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- B
- 2018-04-07
Touching
This is a a heart-warming and encouraging story. Emily’s perseverance and sacrificial love for Max is thought-provoking and challenging. It was an easy ‘read’ in the respect that it’s mostly just stories of Emily’s life with Max. I found I most appreciated the epilogue, how it tied off the story with a challenge (although not put in those words) to the readers about the value of human life at any stage of development, whether that be young, old, developmentally challengers, or those viewed as simply just ‘taxing’ on society. I appreciated how this book caused me to self-reflect and to consequently deepen a care and compassion for others.
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- Susan Landan
- 2021-04-25
Amazing story!
Incredible story - thank-you for the opportunity to experience your journey with you! From Canada
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