Bigfoot and the Baby: a novel by Ann Gelder
Ann GelderFollow the adventures of devout homemaker Jackie Majesky as she searches for God and finds...someone else. Set in an alternative version of the 1980s, Bigfoot and the Baby is a satirical novel about faith, commerce, and the power of love. The novel was published in 2014 by Bona Fide Books, a small publisher that is now out of business. This podcast seeks to find new audiences for the book and reco... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 52 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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In the final chapter of the novel, Kyle reconsiders his discarded dreams--then reconsiders them again as the shadow he's been chasing passes right by. Jackie enjoys a morning run in New Christmastown.
Kyle visits his parents in Las Vegas, and a family friend makes him an offer he thinks Kyle can't refuse. Bigfoot goes to sleep.
Time has passed and New Christmastown is up and running as a massive underground data storage facility. Kyle, the director of transportation, is on his way to pick up more corporate secrets--and picks up a mysterious stranger on the way.
Kyle and Mollie return home to a different Christmastown and the same Jackie. Topper Moss, host of the Weird Frontier, goes home, too.
Christmastown's owners officially declare the experiment a debacle--but Jackie has plans for a whole New Christmastown.
After their set at the Missing Link, Stick confesses his love to Katie. It doesn't go particularly well.
The Patients, Katie and Stick's punk-blues-metal-protest band performs at the Missing Link, and Kyle and Mollie come to watch. Kyle wins a longstanding bet with Katie, but loses something else. There is filking.
Left behind in Christmastown, Jackie wallows in her mistakes, and considers ending it all in the backyard pool. But an old friend returns to rescue her.
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- A thoroughly enjoyable book!
What a strange and wonderful novel!Satirical, but kind; comical, yet shrewd, BIGFOOT AND THE BABY strikes just the right note, all while effortlessly braiding together several characters' stories and addressing some very weighty issues. Gelder's eloquence and style call to mind the works of some of our best writers--O'Connor, Atwood, Nabokov. Here are a few lines, just to give you a sense of her greatness:"A wave broke and reached the shell-man at the edge of the forest. Foam circled his ankles ... more
Audible5Melissa
United States8 years ago - A Smart Satire of A Reagan-Style Brook Farm
I liked this satire of the denizens of a Reaganite intentional community in the Nevada desert a great deal. Find it. Read it. Live it.
Audible4Jim SnowdenUnited States8 years ago - A surplus of Wit about the Decade of Excess
What a fun, original novel about the weird space where consumerism and faith intersect. Set in the loud, lavish 1980s, Bigfoot and the Baby has the precise, diamond-sharp wit of social satirists like Don DeLillo and Alyssa Nutting.
Audible5James Tate HillUnited States9 years ago - When the quest for sigificance goes a skew...
Deftly written, cleverly constructed, and insightful about human frailty, this is a carefully woven story that comes together in a surprising way. This book is full of vividly painted images and truths that some folks just don't want to come to terms with. Hugely enjoyable.
Audible4Pamela Mason-NorsworthyUnited States12 years ago - Mischief, delight, and wisdom rolled into one!
A comic novel touching on surprising, moving, and timely elements. Raising children in consumer culture, the yearning for faith, the effort to heal from war's traumas -- Ann Gelder's bold debut Bigfoot and the Baby miraculously brings all this together into a delicious and moving story, filled with mischief, satire, and ultimately great joy. I especially felt moved by the various soldiers trying to find a safe way to live and be, after their participation in the brutality of war. It amazes me... more
Audible5Harriet ChessmanUnited States12 years ago - truly wonderful...
Smart, thought-provoking, fun...and important. I know I will revisit this story, for the art of the writing as well as the intricacies of the narrative. My book is marked up like crazy - so many memorable sentences to quote, ideas to ponder. Truly wonderful.
Audible5Vicki AddessoUnited States12 years ago - Five Stars
It is different, very witty,and thought provoking.
Audible5Amazon CustomerUnited States12 years ago - Great debut novel
Ann Gelder is definitely a debut author to watch. Bigfoot and the Baby, a satire on present day human weakness takes us back to the 80s when consumerism was just reaching a new level of definition. Ms. Gelder’s novel is an analysis of several years of life in the Majesky family where we see them struggle with teen angst, failure of career dreams, new baby stress, economic survival, and new found faith in God. All of this is compounded by main character Jackie’s belief in the coming apocalypse an... more
Audible4Teacher ReaderUnited States12 years ago
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