Bigfoot and the Baby: a novel by Ann Gelder

Katie and Stick watch another episode of The Weird Frontier, "Ape Men from Outer Space," as Bigfoot sightings proliferate around the country.

Kyle's impressionist act bombs again, but he's not one to give up, and neither is Katie. They decide the solution is to go on tour. Jackie, unable to talk them out of it, prays for help. God tells her to get a job.

Jackie takes Mollie to church, seeking (at first) recognition of her child's great beauty. Then Jackie realizes Mollie must be healed. Pastor Mike does his best, and fails.

Mollie's birth upends the Majesky household. Jackie, knowing Mollie's grief is the world's grief, takes the disconsolate baby to church, hoping for answers.

Jackie, lost in the streets of her own hometown, finds salvation in the form of an old school friend. But because Jackie is Jackie, exultation quickly turns to worry.

Exhilarated from a great run, Jackie decides to perform a good deed for a stranger. But the stranger doesn't seem interested. And then Jackie gets lost.

Jackie takes up running, and marital relations with Kyle improve dramatically. Mollie is conceived. Yet Jackie still isn't satisfied.

Jackie meets Kyle in a Las Vegas casino, and it's love at first sight. But is Kyle the man Jackie thought he was?

Kyle's Valentine's Day revelations continue. His plan to appear on David Letterman lifts Jackie out of her doldrums. She remembers her strange childhood with her strange mother...and why she fell in love with Kyle in the first place.

After shooting himself in the foot, Kyle enjoys a Valentine's dinner with his wife...who is not enjoying dinner nearly as much. Kyle reveals his plan to become a professional comedian.