Saving Max

{{short description|2010 novel by Antoinette van Heugten}}

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| caption = First edition

| author = Antoinette van Heugten

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| language = English

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| subject = Asperger syndrome, murder

| genre = Novel

| publisher = Mira Books

| pub_date = September 28, 2010

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| media_type = Paperback

| pages = 384

| isbn = 0778329631

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Saving Max is the first novel written by American author Antoinette van Heugten.{{cite book|last=van Heugten|first=Antoinette|title=Saving Max|date=September 29, 2010|publisher=Mira|isbn=978-0-7783-2963-3|pages=Book Jacket|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/savingmax00vanh}} It was published by Mira Books in 2010. The novel is about attorney Danielle Parkman and her son Max, a teenager with Asperger syndrome who is accused of murdering another patient at a mental hospital. The novel addresses Munchausen syndrome by proxy as the villain murders her own son after subjecting him to a lifetime of abuse while glorying in the limelight of medical attention.{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20100802/44014-a-parent-s-worst-nightmare-pw-talks-with-antoinette-van-heugten.html|title=A Parent's Worst Nightmare: PW Talks with Antoinette van Heugten|date=Aug 2, 2010|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=18 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2010/09/saving-max-by-antoinette-van-heugten.html|title=Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten|last=Clamp|first=Cathy|date=September 28, 2010|work=The Big Thrill|access-date=18 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002052231/http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2010/09/saving-max-by-antoinette-van-heugten.html|archive-date=2 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://thebestreviews.com/review41147|title=The Perils of Misunderstanding Autism|last=Crystal|first=Viviane|date=June 7, 2010|work=The Best Reviews|access-date=18 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://dailywd.womansday.com/blog/2010/09/lit-fix-saving-max-by-antoinette-van-heugten.html|title=Lit Fix: Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten|last=Currie|first=Amy|date=September 2, 2010|work=Woman's Day|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc|access-date=18 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906083449/http://dailywd.womansday.com/blog/2010/09/lit-fix-saving-max-by-antoinette-van-heugten.html|archive-date=6 September 2010}} The book spent two weeks in USA Today{{'s}} list of the top 150 books, where it peaked at position 135.{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx?sortBy=author&date=11/4/2010|title=Top 150 best sellers|publisher=USAToday.com|access-date=18 January 2011}} Saving Max has sold 500,000 copies.