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Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch by Kelly Barnhill
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This was a sweet, unconventional love story, between a woman and a sasquatch.

To be fair, the short also takes a look at small town mentality, the spirituality of humans vs the perception that animals are lacking in spirituality, and the awkwardness of sasquatches not wearing pants. I'm pretty sure that the woman/sasquatch pairing is the big draw, though.

I'm guessing that sasquatch was chosen as the term for the Wild Man, because the story would just be completely ridiculous if it were called "Mrs. Sorensen and the Bigfoot". Unless the story is supposed to be set in Canada. (Which wouldn't entirely surprise me.)

I have learned much about the regional names for Bigfoots, and sasquatches are the Canadian version.

I couldn't entirely take the story seriously, though. The first real glimpse we get of the relationship between Mrs. Sorensen and the sasquatch is when someone (the priest, I think) remembers that the last time the sasquatch was seen in town was on Mrs. Sorensen's wedding night. The sasquatch stood outside her hotel (presumably with a boom box), and cried so loudly that the entire town heard him.

...which should have been a touching little scene, except this was all that was .

Good job, brain. Thank you for ruining the story for me.
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Reading Progress

Started Reading
October 30, 2014 – Finished Reading
October 31, 2014 – Shelved
October 31, 2014 – Shelved as: tor-shorts
December 16, 2019 – Shelved as: read-2010-to-2019

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