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Saving Max
Saving Max | Antoinette van Heugten
9 posts | 12 read | 11 to read
Max Parkman—autistic and whip-smart, emotionally fragile and aggressive—is perfect in his mother's eyes. Until he's accused of murder. Attorney Danielle Parkman can't deny her son's behavior has been getting worse—drugs and violent outbursts have become a frightening routine. But the diagnosis she receives from a top-notch adolescent psychiatric facility that Max is deeply disturbed—and dangerous—is too devastating to accept. Until she finds Max, weapon in hand, at the bedside of a fellow patient who has been brutally stabbed to death. Trapped in a maelstrom of doubt and fear and barred from contacting Max, Danielle's mothering instincts snap sharply into focus. The justice system is bearing down on them, so she must use her years of legal experience to find out the truth, no matter what that might be. But has she, too, lost touch with reality? Is her son truly a killer? www.SavingMaxBook.com
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RavenclawPrincess913
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Bailedbailed

Dnf

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Dawnrod1970
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Hanging with my best girl and trying to finish this book. So far so good!

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Dawnrod1970
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Me this morning!

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abookishbutterfly
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This is a stock photo, as I do not have the book accessible to photograph. It‘s the book I was reading while unbeknownst to be, my ferret Corbin was dying. I had been enjoying it but because of the association, I never finished it and was not able to read (or find pleasure within it) at all for another year and a half. #heartache #literarylove @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😥😥 5y
vkois88 😢😢 *hugs* 5y
Soubhiville Oh, I‘m sorry. 💔 5y
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Suet624 Oh no! I‘m so sorry. 5y
Caffeinated_Reader 😭so sorry. It is a such good book but I am so sorry it reminds you of sadness. *hugs* 5y
abookishbutterfly @Caffeinated_Reader I still have it in our storage room. I‘d like to try again one day. 5y
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Bookworm47
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Pickpick

Intriguing read which I really enjoyed. Well worth reading. Recommended.

BridgetteM Welcome to Litsy! 5y
Bookworm47 Thank you, @BridgetteM. Haven't worked out how it all works yet 😊 5y
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Bookworm47 Hi @RaimeyGallant. Thank you for the warm welcome and the tips. They sure will come in handy seeing as I feel very lost on this site. Thanks again 😊 5y
RaimeyGallant @Bookworm47 Completely natural. It takes about ten posts to get the hang. You'll get there. :) 5y
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amandy96
Saving Max | Antoinette van Heugten
Bailedbailed

As an employee of a psychiatric hospital, I am disgusted by the misrepresentation of psychiatric facilities, patient treatments, and safety protocols. Restraints are no longer leather, patients are not left alone (especially not when in restraints or in seclusion), there are specific techniques for manually restraining patients. I fear this furthers the stigma associated with mental illness/treatment and paints a poor picture of treatment

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KellieJ
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Panpan

While this book started out fairly good, it bored me in the middle and the end just got ridiculous. Poor story line, unlikable characters and terrible writing style. To give it 2 stars is simply generous, I'm not even sure why I persevered with it to the end.

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Books88
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Recommended from a fellow mommy friend/book lover. At least I was warned that it will probably make me cry my eyes out!

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JodyS
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Mehso-so

There were times while reading this book I was thinking you have got to be kidding me. All in all, it was an interesting read about how far a mother will go to save her son from a wrongful murder charge. On the flip side of the story is how far will another mother go for her own personal motives.

LauraLeah Have you read Defending Jacob? 8y
JodyS I have read Defending Jacob, it was probably around the same time as I put this one on my TBR list. Lol. @LauraLeah 8y
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