Status Updates From The Testament of Mary: A Novel

Not going to lie. I was coming into this really skeptical, but I am loving this.

What an interesting perspective of the mother of Jesus. What an interesting perspective to get a POV from a mothers hurt, pain, and guilt. She gave birth to the savior of the world, yet, the pain of having to follow through with the death and resurrection, brought so much pain as a mother.

Very very interesting read so far

"But I must say it once, I must let the words out, that despite the panic, despite the desperation, the shrieking, despite the fact that his heart and his flesh had come from my heart and my flesh, despite the pain I felt, a
pain that has never lifted, and will go with me into the grave,
despite all of this, the pain was his and not mine. "

"I told him before he departed that all my life when I have seen
more than two men together I have seen foolishness and I have seen cruelty, but it is foolishness that I have noticed first."

"I remember
everything. Memory fills my body as much as blood and bones."

Narrated by MERYL STREEP?!!