George Saunders
👤 Speaker
2018
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
Unless you advise otherwise.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
I don't think there is one.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
Be – I don't know why I'm saying that.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
That I think – or accepted.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
In other words, having somebody – because I've had so many people like this in my life who took me just as I am and accepted me and loved me, especially when I was young.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
First and maybe most formidably when I was young.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
The story I was going to tell you earlier about my mother, and this is a – she did this over and over.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
But one time when I was about 13, I got the responsibility of going out with an uncle and an aunt to cut down a Christmas tree and bring it home.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
That was like my first manly job.
Wild Card with Rachel Martin
George Saunders
So I picked out this total honker of a tree.