Peg,
I read Gnostic Gospels after reading nag hammadi Library which is a must read for all seekers.I would love to recommend a book Called Mary The Magdalene by Margaret George, it is a novel but a rich one in detail and accuracy.
I started a thread way back on Mary of Magda, she is my favorite character of the Bible besides Jesus, together they have much to teach.The Catholic Church apologized in 1969 or so, for depicting Mary Magdalene as a prostitute but the damage had already been done. I still ask people if they think she was a prostitute and most say Yes, thye have mixed her up with the woman that Jesusu saved from being stoned ot death ( "he without sin cast the first stone".)