Necessary Heartbreak: A Novel of Faith and Forgiveness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439184233)

An extraordinary journey back in time shows a struggling single dad that the faith he's lost is still alive--and stronger than ever. . . .

Michael Stewart has weathered his share of hardships: a troubled childhood, the loss of his mother, even the degradation of living on the city streets. Now he's raising his teenaged daughter, Elizabeth, on his own and doing the best he can at work and at home. But he's turned his back on his faith--that is, until the morning Michael and Elizabeth volunteer for a food pantry at their local church. While storing boxes in the basement, they step through a mysterious door . . . and find themselves in first-century Jerusalem during the tumultuous last week of Jesus Christ's life. It is a dangerous and violent place, where doing what your heart tells you is right can get you imprisoned--or worse--and they are thankful to take refuge with a kind widow. But when they come face-to-face with Judas Iscariot and the condemned Christ himself, Michael realizes that before they can escape Jerusalem, he must experience history's most necessary and shattering heartbreak--and that pain and loss must happen if Michael is to be set free: to live, love, and reclaim the blessings he has in the present day.

Author: Michael J. Sullivan
ISBN-10: 1439184232
ISBN-13: 9781439184233
Publisher: Gallery Books
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.68w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/15/2010 pg. 70