Trishv's review
Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel of Mary, Faith, and Friendship by Diane Schoemperlen
Having been raised Catholic, I can't recall any church lesson about Jesus, Mary, or any holy person that didn't make them sound tiresome, dour, and/or pedantic. That's why I enjoy books that focus on the humanity of these figures. This is one of my favorite books; a simple story about a woman writer who walks into her living room one day and finds the Virgin Mary standing there with a suitcase. Mary explains that she's exhausted and needs a short vacation and requests to use the narrator's guest room for a week. The rest of the book fluctuates between the friendship that develops between the two women and stories about Mary and her appearances to mankind. The history is very interesting to me, and puts a human face to a person I only know through ecclesiastical statuary and fleeting references in the Bible.
