{"id":29159,"date":"2021-08-23T12:58:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=29159"},"modified":"2021-08-23T12:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:58:37","slug":"george-saunders-the-mom-of-bold-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2021\/08\/23\/george-saunders-the-mom-of-bold-action\/","title":{"rendered":"George Saunders: “The Mom of Bold Action”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The Mom of Bold Action”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby George Saunders<\/span>
\nfrom the August 30, 2021 issue of\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

\"\"I<\/span>‘m embracing the fact that even though I have not enjoyed his stories as much as I used to, I’m still always excited to read whatever we get from George Saunders. I wonder if this will free me up mentally a bit, allow me to go in without worrying. I’m excited to read “The Mom of Bold Action,” and I love that right off the bat we get a nice passage introducing us to the caring mother who works to write inspirational children’s stories. How can this go wrong?<\/p>\n

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Again she found herself spending her precious morning writing time pacing her lovable sty of a kitchen making no progress\u00a0at all<\/em>. Why was she holding a can opener?<\/span><\/p>\n

Hmm.<\/span><\/p>\n

That could be something.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Trusty Little Opener.” Gerard the Can Opener was a dreamer. He wanted to open big <\/span>things. bigger <\/span>things. The biggest <\/span>things! But all he ever got to open was, uh, beans? Corn? Tuna?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I hope we all like this one, and I look forward to reading your comments if you feel so inclined to share your thoughts!<\/p>\n<\/div>