South of Heaven

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Erin Louis's South of Heaven is a cutting critique of the very idea of Heaven and the paradoxes of paradise, wrapped in a delightfully irreverent tale.Godless cat-lovers will find it as relatable as those who ponder moral questions instead of taking their dictates from people claiming to speak for deities.- Andrew L. Seidel author of American How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious FreedomKat, a lapsed Catholic and promiscuous stripper, never thought she would get into Heaven.Even as she stands there at the Pearly Gates, she naturally expects to be sent directly to Hell. She picks a fight with St. Peter just for fun, but rules are rules, and Kat makes it into Heaven on a minor technicality.Once there, Kat discovers, much to her dismay, the angels are jerks, the only music is God-awful Christian rock, and her brand-new halo comes with some most troubling conditions.As if things weren’t dismaying enough, Kay reunites with her father, who found eternal peace in a bottomless bottle of scotch, and her pot-smoking aunt, whose demon dealer resides in Hell. When she tracks down the demon, he tells Kat about his home in the desolate, fiery pit - where it rains blood but possesses all the earthly pleasures she misses so much in her disappointing afterlife.Heaven isn’t the paradise Kat was promised in Sunday school, and she wants out.But will they let her go?