Meryl Streep did a tremendous job narrating as Mary in this historical fiction account of Mary as a widow recounting the stories of her son's life. This Mary does not believe her son is the son of God and, although the apostles are caring for her does not like them at all. It is generally the story ...
This is a literary novella that imagines Mary as a bitter older woman looking back on her life and on Jesus’s crucifixion. Biblical retellings are not my typical reading material, and I’m not sure why I chose this one. To someone not raised to revere Mary as a religious icon, Toibin’s portrayal of h...
First of all, Meryl Streep. Even if I had not been already interested in this novel, finding out it's read by Meryl Streep? I'm in. And she was brilliant.The novel itself is a different side to the traditionally told story of the life of Jesus - what if the version passed down through history isn't ...
In this story, Mary is reaching the end of her days and she is still shattered by what she witnessed and what she ran away from. And there is the mother's guilt. Lots of that. And strength. And anger. Lots of that, too. Mary clearly comes across differently here than the Church would have her. And t...
Having recently finished reading Great Lion of God, a novel about the apostle Paul, I'm a little surprised I so quickly jumped into another Biblical narrative of the early Christian church. But I've been knocking out these Man Booker Prize nominated books this year, and this one had come highly reco...
I can't rate this fairly as I am struggling between the literary aspects of this and the subject matter insofar as it relates to my faith .(I'm Muslim, and Mary/Maryam is a loved and respected figure for us,as for Christians) I can't really articulate what I mean, except to say that it's like readin...
I can't rate this fairly as I am struggling between the literary aspects of this and the subject matter insofar as it relates to my faith .(I'm Muslim, and Mary/Maryam is a loved and respected figure for us,as for Christians) I can't really articulate what I mean, except to say that it's like readin...
Liked this a lot, especially as it contains many of the arguments I used to have with Religious education teachers about certain miracles. Also, the depth of Mary's grief as well as her distrust and hatred of her son's 'followers' is stunningly portrayed. Easy to see why this made the Booker shortli...
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