A short but direct novel that makes a striking impact. Written in the first person taking the voice of Mary, it is confessional in tone. Mary is determined to set the record straight, failing to comprehend the special place of her son as the ‘Son of God’ but fully aware of how his painful end is the result of political manipulation by both the Jewish and Roman authorities. Moreover, she is very aware of the motives of her guardians who already in the process of writing an account of the life and death of their her son with a clear eye for posterity. In hiding, in Ephesus, Mary knows what she felt and saw and that this is not what the guardians are hoping from her. She also knows that her own death is near and is determined to die without her knowledge of the truth being compromised. This is a very political novel and forces the reader to reflect long and hard on the nature of evidence.
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