Saving Noah

By Lucinda Berry

Book Overview

A mother's love is supposed to be unconditional.

But what if it shouldn't be?

Noah is the boy everyone admires--an honor student, a champion swimmer, a hometown success story. Until he confesses to sexually abusing young girls during swim practice. In a single moment, his future evaporates, and his family shoulders the fallout.

After eighteen months in a juvenile sexual rehabilitation center, Noah returns home. But the town recoils, and his father refuses to let him back into their family's life. Noah's mom, Adrianne, is forced into an impossible role: the mother of a child no one believes deserves saving.

Loving Noah means losing everything else--her marriage, her community, and her certainty about right and wrong. As devastating truths emerge, Adrianne must confront the darkest question of all: when does standing by your child become a betrayal of everyone around you?

Brutally honest and deeply unsettling, Saving Noah explores one of society's last untouchable taboos and the terrifying gray area between compassion and accountability. This gripping, emotional novel by bestselling author Lucinda Berry refuses easy answers and will keep readers up late at night questioning beliefs they once thought were true.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464292132
• ISBN13: 9781464292132
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Emotional Rollercoaster

First I want to preface by saying this book obviously has a very disturbing theme and is not for everyone. I honestly did not know what to expect before reading this book. It had me feeling anxious, hopeful and heartbroken, highly recommend this one!

A Mother's endless love and forgiveness of her child. I have told my children no matter what . This

This book hits many triggers.... a father's abandonment, rape, suicide and pedophilia. Made me question my beliefs, my faith, and our system.

Gut Wrenching

Well developed characters, made me question myself and belief that as a parent there is nothing I wouldn't do for my children. TRIGGER WARNING

Intriguing, thought-provoking and visceral

Not only did this book handle an incredibly difficult topic respectfully but it also presented the main characters as sympathetic without making excuses for their actions. Pedophilia seems to be the one true sin that cannot be forgiven, but following Noah through his sheer agony shows just how devastating it is to suffer in silence. This was a fantastic book and I understand the ending entirely, sympathizing with the mother through the entire arc.