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When they tell her that her son died to save the world they are angered when she tells them it wasn't worth it. Jesus's followers attempt to convince Mary that her son was the son of God and to claim that she was there to see his resurrection which she disputes. The trio eventually find safety and Mary, Lazarus's sister, departs to go home and live a normal life. She also notices that she and Mary begin having the same dream in which a flood of water returns her now resurrected son to her. The three flee through the countryside and do desperate things in order to survive with Mary eventually losing all respect for her guide as she realizes he has no plan to save them. Knowing they believe she will never abandon her son before he dies, Mary and the others flee anyway, thinking only of saving her life. As she witnesses the violent crucifixion she spies Marcus and realizes he has lured her there to be arrested like the rest of her son's followers. Mary travels to the city with Mary, one of Lazarus' sisters, and one of her son's followers, who promises protection, in order to witness the event, still believing there is something she can do to save him.
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Marcus visits Mary again to tell her that her son has been arrested and will be crucified. She later leaves in order to protect herself. Some of the revellers later claim that Jesus turned water into wine but Mary questions their sobriety and did not personally witness this account. At the wedding Mary tries to convince Jesus to return to Nazareth but he ignores her. In order to speak to Jesus, Mary travels to a nearby wedding where news that Jesus has resurrected Lazarus, a childhood friend, precedes his arrival. Marcus, a cousin of hers, later visited her to reveal that her son was being closely watched by Roman and Jewish authorities after appearing to cure a man who could no longer walk the cousin urged Mary to have Jesus return to live with her to save his life and not draw further ire. Mary reflects that, like many young men, her son left their small town for opportunities in Jerusalem.
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However they are antagonistic towards Mary because they believe her son, Jesus, was a Messiah, a claim which she refuses to support. Tóibín’s tour de force of imagination and language is a portrait so vivid and convincing that our image of Mary will be forever transformed.At an unspecified age, when Mary is close to death, she is regularly visited by followers of her son who wish to record her testament before she dies.
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This woman whom we know from centuries of paintings and scripture as the docile, loving, silent, long-suffering, obedient, worshipful mother of Christ becomes a tragic heroine with the relentless eloquence of Electra or Medea or Antigone. Mary judges herself ruthlessly (she did not stay at the foot of the cross until her son died-she fled, to save herself), and her judgment of others is equally harsh. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God nor that his death was “worth it” nor that the “group of misfits he gathered around him, men who could not look a woman in the eye,” were holy disciples. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel, who are her keepers. In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son’s crucifixion. “Tóibín is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work” ( The New York Times Book Review) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity-shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. 2014 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year, Literary Fiction, and Solo Narration-Female!