The Testament of Mary

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is old and living in exile, afraid of what may still come for her. Two men who followed her son come often to write down what she remembers, but she doubts that he was divine and refuses to back their version. She recalls how he left home with men she did not trust, how a cousin warned her that the authorities were watching him after he seemed to heal a crippled man, and how at a wedding she saw Lazarus, risen from the grave and shaken by what he had been through. Grieving and angry, she tries to set down the truth of the days before the crucifixion as she saw it, not as others want it told.

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Form

Novella

First published

2012

Author's age

57 when first published

ISBN

9781451688382 (Scribner, United States)

9780241962978 (Penguin, United Kingdom)

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