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Bigfoot and the Baby
Bigfoot and the Baby
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In this darkly funny California novel of belief and belonging, it’s 1986 and homemaker Jackie Majesky knows the world is ending. Apocalyptic portents—famine, war, the Chernobyl meltdown—have been piling up for months. Her comedian husband and punk-rock daughter see nothing amiss, but her new baby, Mollie, won’t stop screaming. Jackie decides it’s up to her to save the world, and her hapless family, from damnation.
Joining forces with a charismatic businessman who knows how to soothe Mollie’s cries, Jackie launches a wildly successful salvation-through-shopping program. She leads the most generous consumers to a domed paradise in the Mojave Desert, where she enthusiastically presides as mayor. But when a mythical creature finds his way into her city, Jackie must confront her faith in God, commerce, and the power of love.
A satirical novel of family and faith, BIGFOOT AND THE BABY speaks to those who are both skeptical and deeply curious about faith in all forms. What makes people believe fervently in beings, events, or systems, despite powerful evidence that argues against them? What happens when faith in one system or another falters? The book doesn’t answer such questions, but it tries to find out how we can live with them.
Joining forces with a charismatic businessman who knows how to soothe Mollie’s cries, Jackie launches a wildly successful salvation-through-shopping program. She leads the most generous consumers to a domed paradise in the Mojave Desert, where she enthusiastically presides as mayor. But when a mythical creature finds his way into her city, Jackie must confront her faith in God, commerce, and the power of love.
A satirical novel of family and faith, BIGFOOT AND THE BABY speaks to those who are both skeptical and deeply curious about faith in all forms. What makes people believe fervently in beings, events, or systems, despite powerful evidence that argues against them? What happens when faith in one system or another falters? The book doesn’t answer such questions, but it tries to find out how we can live with them.
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