Mad Mary: A Bad Girl from Magdala, Transformed at His Appearing

Liz Curtis Higgs

WaterBrook Press, 2001 - Religion - 290 pages

"Here's the truth, sister: Mary Magdalene has been knocking at the door of my heart for three years. "She got squeezed out ofBad Girls of the Biblewhen I realized I needed more time to research her complex story. Then she was dropped from the roster forReally Bad Girls of the Biblebecause Tamar and Bathsheba took up more than their allotted pages. (Pushy, huh?) Now I know the real reason why Mary M waited so patiently in the wings: She deserves a book all her own! "Come meet the genuine Mary Magdalene of the Biblenot the scarlet-draped legendand follow her one-of-a-kind story of deliverance and dedication, despair and declaration. Like my previousBad Girlsbooks,Mad Marybegins with the fictional journey of Mary Margaret Delaney, a bad womanor was it madwoman?adrift in contemporary Chicago, desperate for someone to save her from herself. "Once Mary Delaney's story has prepared our hearts for learning, we'll leave the Windy City and go verse by verse through Mary of Magdala's ancient biblical tale, tossing aside modern misconceptions as we embrace the real Mary M. "Prepare to be amazed by this eye-opening sister who was transformedtwicewhen You-Know-Who showed up and spoke her name.Oh, Mary!" Liz Curtis Higgs

What people are saying

Review: Mad Mary: A Bad Girl from Magdala, Transformed at His Appearing

User Review  - Sharon - Goodreads

This was good. Half of it was a novel, half a Bible study about Mary Magdelene. I found the novel a bit lacking in tension, but it was a real tearjerker. The study was well researched and addresses the questions asked by many after reading Dan Brown's work, "The DaVinci Code"

Review: Mad Mary: A Bad Girl from Magdala, Transformed at His Appearing

User Review  - Erin - Goodreads

As much as I love Liz Curtis Higgs writing...this one just sort of fell flat for me.

Contents

• Wings of Madness: 1
• The Story 1 Darkness Again and a Silence: 7
• The Wounds Within: 22

About the author

An award-winning speaker, Liz Curtis Higgs has addressed audiences from more than 1400 platforms in all fifty
states, Germany, Ecuador, France, Canada, and Scotland, encouraging women to celebrate the joy of knowing Christ. She is the author of seventeen books, including two contemporary novels, Mixed Signals and Bookends, and her best-selling nonfiction titles, Bad Girls of the Bible and Really Bad Girls of the Bible.

Whether applying her storytelling talents to fiction or her unique style of “girlfriend theology” nonfiction, Liz touches the hearts of her readers with honest self-disclosure, real-life humor, and grace-filled encouragement.

Liz and her husband, Bill, live with their two children in Louisville, Kentucky.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mad Mary: A Bad Girl from Magdala, Transformed at His Appearing
• Author: Liz Curtis Higgs
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press, 2001
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Jun 3, 2009
• ISBN: 1578564476, 9781578564477
• Length: 290 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Biography / New Testament; Religion / Biblical Studies / General; Religion / Biblical Studies / History & Culture; Religion / Christian Life / General