Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free

The true story of a single mothers love and perseverance, her sons autism diagnosis with its challenges and gifts, and their triumph together over lifes toughest obstacles.Journey with Emily Colsondaughter of former White House Special Counsel Chuck Colsonas 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 imagerymaking 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 captureand even changeyour heart. As you learn more about Max and his journey, youll learn about: The incredible power of community Facing each day with grace and faith Turning your challenges into blessingsIn a special prologue and epilogue from Chuck Colsonhis most personal writing since Born Againhe details how Maxs resilient spirit unraveled his thinking and brought out his tender side as a grandfather.Along the way, youll discover that Maxs 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. Its a reallife story of grace, second chances, and fresh starts in spite of lifes 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 lifes 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 livesEmilys, Maxs, and also mine.Chuck Colson, former White House Special Counsel