Mary

Maiden, Mother, Matriarch

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Christian Fiction, Women's Fiction, Historical, Novels, and Debut

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Violence and Death

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Publication Date

Aug 18, 2026

Page Length

180 pages

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Mary

Maiden, Mother, Matriarch

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Blurb

Before she was the Mother of Christ, she was a girl from Nazareth who said yes.

In this tender Catholic novel, Ana Brigida Gomez brings the Blessed Virgin Mary to life as a woman who is holy yet shaken and always faithful to her “yes” to God.

From her girlhood in Nazareth and her close friendship with the troubled Bethany, through her marriage to Joseph and the raising of their son, we follow Mary through all the joys and sorrows that culminate in the pain of the Crucifixion, the hope of the Resurrection, and what came beyond.

Grounded in years of historical research and touched with moments of quiet mysticism, Mary: Maiden, Mother, Matriarch offers an intimate portrait of the Maiden of Nazareth who became the mother of Christ.

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Genres

Christian Fiction, Women's Fiction, Historical, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Violence and Death

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

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Publication Date

Aug 18, 2026

Page Length

180 pages

Available Formats

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Author

Dominican-American author Ana Brigida Gomez has been telling herself stories since she was five years old. In 2008, she won the National Children’s Book Award in the Dominican Republic for her story La Sirenita de Coral, Coral’s Little Mermaid.

Drawing from Catholic, Orthodox, Coptic, and mystical traditions, she reimagines the life of the most famous mother in history as both fully human and fully holy: a woman who said yes to the highest calling and paid with her own heart.

This is her English-language debut.

She currently lives in Southern California with her two children and their pet fish James.

Publisher

Astrogea Books