Mary Magdalene

While at this point I am fairly certain that I can tell you that Mesu Andrews is perhaps my favorite Biblical Christian Historical Fiction author, because of her books I have a big desire to jump more into other Biblical retellings. Diana Wallis Taylor is an author that many of my friends recommend for her Biblical retellings, first for The Journey to the Well and then for Martha, and now I'm quite certain that I will be hearing similar things said for Mary Magdalene.

Mary of Magdala is a female character in Biblical history that has probably had as much outside writing and inquisition into her mind and life as Mary, mother of Jesus. This novel is one more such estimated and imagined tale for what her life might have been. Through the words and storytelling of Diana, we get a girl excited about life and loving of her father's grace and attentions who goes through something horrendous and then endures some harsh years with physiological damage that only Christ himself can repair.

Read through this story and enjoy learning what might have been.

Thanks to Revell Books for providing a copy for review.

Available June 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.

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