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[Fr Constantin Alecse]

Petru Popescu: Girl Mary

After his escape from Ceausescu's Romania made headlines around the world, Petru Popescu took the arduous path of Joseph Conrad and Vladimir Nabokov - writing in English.

His themes, love and survival, and the secret meanings of religion and sex, were inspired by his own life and struggle.

He has distinguished himself with the New York Times bestselling novels Amazon Beaming and Almost Adam, and the critically acclaimed memoirs The Return and The Oasis.

Petru Popescu lives in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife Iris and his children Chloe and Adam.

[Fr Constantin Alecse]

Girl Mary
A NOVEL BY PETRU POPESCU

The most famous woman, Mary of Nazareth, is also the greatest sexual mystery of all times. Who was Mary as a woman? Why was she angry with God, and why did she think that God shortchanged women? And how was Joseph woven into the story? Why was Pontius Pilate obsessed with the virgin? Who was this man Pilate, whose encounter with Mary was erased from the Gospels?

Petru Popescu's novel answers these questions. Written with fascinating magical realism, drawing readers in and giving life to myths, Girl Mary will surprise!

[Fr Constantin Alecse]

Petru Popescu: Girl Mary (Review)

"In this novel Petru Popescu's literary imagination will stimulate the readers' interest in religious and historical events".

Elie Wiesel

"GIRL MARY brings the people and settings of Biblical antiquity to life with compassion, vivid storytelling, and an unerring eye for the Rightness of the world's greatest story. It will speak to anyone who cherishes the essential humanity of our foundational spiritual traditions."

Deepak Chopra

"Petru Popescu has written a remarkable and compelling novel about one of the most enigmatic and revered figures in history, Mary the mother of Jesus. Mary is no passive vessel here, rather she has a deeply active and passionate voice in tune with her people and her God. Popescu has given us a Mary with an earthy and sensual presence thick with the religious and political realities of her day, a presence filled with all the potential of life bursting with love. Girl Mary is a marvelous and inspired read."

Dr. Jeffrey S. Siker
(chair theological studies, Loyola Marymount University;
author of "Jesus, the Perfect Sinner")

"A powerful book, in which history, legend and the contemporary world merge in the best tradition of Mikhail Bulgakov."

Source: PetruPopescu.com