Review: Beautiful touching story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
Very interesting story! This book was very intense at times, and even a little sad - but very uplifting at the same time! I loved how this almost paralleled the Bible at times - with the two Mary's (and many more times that I don't want to give away).Excellent character development, you get so caught up in the characters lives. Through the whole book I was wondering "Is she crazy, is she possessed, multiple personality disorder? You can't help but love Mary along with all her quirkiness. You watch her transformation happen that is so touching and personal.Here's a few lines -"Seven years of darkness. Her charmed life has slowly dismantled itself. Released by her employer, abandoned by her husband, neglected by her neighbors, discarded by society, Mary had become all too familiar with suffering and well acquainted with sorrow.""Mary, think of it like this: Mercy is the motive. Grace is the the gift."She struggled to grasp the difference. "Can you have one without the other?""Not if God is the One being merciful. Grace-forgiveness - is an expression of God's mercy."