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Saving Noah
Saving Noah
Saving Noah
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Saving Noah

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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  • Mental Health

  • Parent-Child Relationship

  • Family

  • Family Relationships

  • Fear

  • Coming of Age

  • Power of Love

  • Prodigal Son

  • Supportive Parent

  • Power of Friendship

  • Family Drama

  • Absent Parent

  • Parental Love

  • Search for Meaning

  • Dark Secret

  • Love

  • Friendship

  • Personal Growth

  • Guilt & Shame

  • Parenting

About this audiobook

When an award-winning swimmer confesses to molesting young girls, a mother must make the most difficult decision of her life in this harrowing novel.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 7, 2020
ISBN9781666553482
Saving Noah
Author

Dr. Lucinda Berry

Dr. Lucinda Berry is a former psychologist and leading researcher in childhood trauma. Now, she spends her time writing full-time, where she uses her clinical experience to blur the line between fiction and nonfiction. She enjoys taking her fans on a journey through the dark recesses of the human psyche. If she isn’t chasing after her son, she can be found running through Los Angeles, prepping for her next marathon. For more information, visit lucindaberryauthor.com.

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Reviews for Saving Noah

Rating: 4.185903083700441 out of 5 stars
4/5

1,135 ratings70 reviews

What our readers think

Readers find this title to be a heart-wrenching and emotional rollercoaster. It tackles a taboo subject with bravery and offers a unique perspective. The book explores the devastating impact of a teenage son's actions and the difficult choices his mother has to make. While some readers found the subject matter disturbing, many appreciated the thought-provoking nature of the story. The book is praised for its beautiful writing and its ability to evoke strong emotions. Overall, it is a powerful and important read that sheds light on complex societal issues.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What a way out of the box. From an entirely different perspective than what is the socially acceptable. I praise the author for her story and the guts to print it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. So refreshing to see someone go against the grain and write the things that should be written despite how hard it may be to understand such perspective.
    I appreciate it.
    Regards
    A Childhood survivor of a paedophile.

    5 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was a slow read, it took some time to identify with the characters, but totally worth the read! As a parent, you start having many ethical dilemmas to consider after this book. It pulled some emotions from me towards the end...

    3 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A beautiful and heartbreaking book, written by a brave author. Written from a unique viewpoint regarding one of the scariest societal "ills" . I had never considered pedophilia as an orientation, for some reason (perhaps I did not want to view it as such, as it immediately becomes incurable). It makes sense and it explains the high recidivism rate, despite severe and extreme attempts at a "cure".

    2 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Its been so long since i cried over a book! As a mother of two sons this book and its words hit me so hard! I wish for no mother to go through something like this!

    2 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow, I'm speechless. Great job by the narrator, intense book

    1 person found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Super gut wrenching. The culmination of events in the end was shocking and you feel sad and desperate for the main character.

    1 person found this helpful

  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Wow very unexpected events but otherwise a great book, the voice was the only downside but easy to overcome

    1 person found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Very intense! I can't remember the last time I cried over a book. I have a son, and this one hit me hard! This book changed my perspective about a controversial issue. As a mom, i am not sure what i would have done, i thought Adrienne was really strong. I finished this book in a day, and it has been stuck in my mind for 4 days now. I can't remove the image of the last part of the book out of my mind - i still cry thinking about it. I wish I had not read this book due to the emotional roller coaster it has brought me. Whew!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A heart wrenching journey for Noah and Adrienne. The father enraged me at the end.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    This is a huge NO for me. Once father said he didn't know Inknew he did the same thing is rated children too.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Very well written: touches on quite a few very controversial topics.
    Last part about the Dad was a surprise for me.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Such a very sad story. A perspective many do not want to hear from . We are all broken people and need saving.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Heavy topics dealt with in a somewhat palatavle way. Lots of potential triggers.
    Started reading this based on lots of recommendations coming across my booktok feed.
    I felt sad, empathetic, mad, confused, oddly happy...it was discomforting overall.
    Some may have seen that plot-rwist coming, but I didn't. However, it was like "Aaah, that's what was missing."

    Noah was more a man than Lucas, that's for sure.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really tough read on a horrendous subject, a couple of them actually. A very different perspective. And as a mother it really makes you wonder what you’d do in that situation. Very emotional book and an unexpected ending.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Didn't think I would like this book but , WOW I was wrong such a good book. First book that has ever made me feel so emotional..Amazing ending.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Such a sad story. I thought Lucas was being hideous from the start. He could have…..
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    So unbelievably heartbreaking! A mothers love is like no other
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I was open to the subject and read trigger warnings. Something just felt off. It’s an interesting idea to show a different side of this type of story but there was too much sympathy given to the pedophile. I understand “a mother’s love” but this mother was toxic. Saying things like “he was more of a victim than those girls” and stating that he “didnt hurt those girls” because he ONLY touched them. She also says the girls lives won’t be ruined forever but the pedophile’s life will. And that they touched him first. So gross.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book wreaked my heart. As a mom you always fear the worst and this situation might be it for me. If you wanna feel something this is the book for you. Love your work Mr. Berry.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The book is Very emotional .. a very sad story
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book made me cry more than once. Heartbreaking for sure.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    So totally thought provoking
    I’ve never read a book that actually made me cry !
    This story was beautifully written with so much sensitivity
    Amazing author !!!!
    I need to find something a little lighter to read now ?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Wow.
    This book had me weeping…
    Pretty straight forward, but JAW DROPPING
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book was hard to read at times and left you back and forth between sickened and saddened. It was very well written and offered a different perspective that most people don’t think of, leading to some very thought provoking questions.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Just ok…the idea for the book was good and from the perspective of the mother, however it needed some major editing and more character development in regards to the father. The ending was predictable, and the ‘finale’ felt unnecessary given the lack of character exploration of its subject. There were moments of sadness that could have been more impactful.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This book needs to have MULTIPLE trigger warnings. Will stay with me for a long time but not for good reasons. Ugly cried reading this. I hated all the characters except Noah and Katie.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The voice actor was bad, but the story held up. Dark, complex and heartbreaking.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was really really good. Don’t read it unless you are read to cry!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    WOW! I loved this book! I never thought I’d be able to feel like a mother in a book could’ve been me. Usually I could see some things that I wouldn’t do but here it was eerie.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    As a mom this book tugged at my heartstrings. Making me think of how I would react if I were in this position. I found myself judging the parents for their decisions. I did like how it wrapped up in the Epilogue.