You know, I first saw Anne Rice talking about this book on The O'Reilly Factor. I had never read any of her books before but knew about her "Vampire Chronicles" books so I was more than a little skeptical when I heard her talking about writing a Christian book. She said she had returned to the faith of her youth and that she "realized that I wanted to write just about Jesus Christ for the rest of my career, in one way or another."
This was on the tail of Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" and all things Christian seemed to be coming into vogue.
Well, as I said I was skeptical and also, I wasn't sure how I felt about reading a fictional account of Christ's childhood. I was afraid it might even be sort of sacrilegious but I bought the book and read it. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm eagerly awaiting the next book in the series.
I believe Anne is sincere in her love of the Lord and that she really has come full circle in her faith.
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