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The Handmaid and the Carpenter (Wheeler Hardcover) [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Elizabeth Berg (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 171 pages
  • Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; Lrg edition (8 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1597223506
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597223508
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Joseph and Mary - A Love Story, 12 May 2009
By Graceann Macleod "Books Fuel My Life" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Handmaid and the Carpenter (Hardcover)
I was unaware until recently that a novelist had taken a very familiar story, that of the birth of Christ, and given it this twist. I love the idea of showing us the meeting of Mary and Joseph, their courtship and betrothal.

The confusion that both of these characters feel is deftly handled, and though Berg does acknowledge taking liberties with the "facts," I didn't encounter anything that sounded incorrect for the story she was telling. I did become frustrated with Joseph's lack of faith in his wife and in her faithfulness to him. Intellectually, I understand that being told your virgin bride has been visited by an angel and is now with child is a bit out of the realm of believability for mere mortals, but my opinion was that any doubts he still carried should have been eliminated by the visitations he himself received. Joseph is also very of his time in his attitudes toward women in general and Mary in particular, and this required an adjustment of attitude on my part in order for me to be able to continue reading.

All in all, a simple story, yet beautifully told, and only reduced from five stars to four because Joseph is such an unsympathetic character.
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