I quite liked the way Sullivan told the story of Michael and Elizabeth Stewart and the woman the father/daughter pair meets when they travel through time to Jerusalem just before Palm Sunday. Rather than being in a completely linear fashion, the story gets told in chunks of present time (although present time is ancient time because of the time travel) that lead into a related event from the past. For example, at one point Michael reacts to the water Leah (the Jerusalem woman who helps them) spilled and the next scene is from Michael's childhood when his younger sister got in trouble for spilling water when the two of them were pretending to take Communion. As one might imagine with children playing at Communion and the time travel to Jerusalem, Necessary Heartbreak is much about faith. Michael lost his mother at a young age, struggled to make it on his own, found love, then lost his wife far too soon; he has little use for the church he grew up in. In Jerusalem, he witnesses the betrayal of Jesus and the crucifixion, which lead him back to his faith. Meanwhile, Michael and his daughter finally have the discussion they should've had long ago regarding the loss of Elizabeth's mother; it's just sad they had to leave their world behind in order to come together.
4/5
Review copy provided by the publisher, Gallery Books.
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