Lane Bristow

Slice of Heaven Lane Bristow

Slice of Heaven is the story of a young restaurateur named Sidney Karl Myers, a man haunted by the tragic events that led to his inheritence of the family restuarant, By The Slice Steak and Pizza. Withdrawn from his employees, once his friends and coworkers, Sidney evades the pain in his life by working, working, working, in a small town overrun with anger and drug abuse. Finding good help sometimes seems impossible, and Sidney has lost count of the workers he has had to fire for tardiness, drug use, or being "a slack-jawed dork". Sidney's life is turned upside down by the arrival of one Angel Bates, an ever-cheery young woman, who has inexplicably never had a job before. Although frequently antagonized by Angel's brutal honesty and evasiveness in regards to her past, Sidney soon realizes that this enigmatic girl is the closest friend he is ever likely to have. Together, Sidney and Angel find out what really counts as "those happy things" in life, while dealing with issues of abandonment, personal loss, drug addiction, hatred, and possibly even murder. Slice of Heaven is a novel that examines what the boundaries of friendship are, and will leave the readers asking questions about themselves. It is an eclectic mix of laughs, tears, hatred, forgiveness, and love.