Product Description
"Hilary Clinton was missing. That news was almost enough to make me doubt the whole Rapture idea. Bill, however, had been left behind, an announcement that soothed my frayed nerves instantly. President Obama was still around, too, proving once and for all that God hates socialists."
From the Author
Dear Reader,
"Rapture" came about in response to the rising tide of fundamentalism in the U.S. -- and the accompanying hypocrisy.
My story takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the nature of God, religion, and love through the eyes of a born-again Christian woman who, left behind in the long-awaited Rapture, finds she doesn't have all the answers, after all -- or, at least, not the right ones.
Having been a born-again Christian and an enthusiastic member of the Southern Baptist church until my mid-twenties, I have felt the anxieties and prejudices that my protagonist, Ruby Phillips experiences in the tale. I'm quite fond of her in spite of, or maybe even because of, her confused state.
I have never submitted "Rapture" for publication, but decided to self-publish amid predictions of Rapture and apocalypse on May 21, 2011. I hope it will inspire laughter and, more important, a re-thinking about what's important in these crazy times.
Sherry
