Nowhere like This Place
Marilyn Carr
Marilyn Carr’s family arrived in Deep River, Ontario in 1960 because her dad got a job at a mysterious place called “the plant.” The quirky, isolated, residence for the employees of Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories was impeccably designed by a guy named John Bland. It’s a test-tube baby of a town that sprang, fully formed, from the bush north of Algonquin Park, on the shore of the Ottawa river. Everything has already been decided, including the colours of the houses, inside and out. What could possibly go wrong?
Nowhere like This Place is a coming-of-age memoir set against the backdrop of the weirdness of an enclave with more PhDs per capita than anywhere else on earth. It’s steeped in thinly veiled sexism and the searing angst of an artsy child trapped in a terrarium full of white-bread nuclear scientists and their nuclear families. Everything happens, and nothing happens, and it all works out in the end. Maybe.
Marilyn Carr is a class of 2020 MFA graduate from the University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is her fourth degree, but who’s counting? (She is.) She blogs about the absurdness of everyday life at www.marilyncarr.com, and is currently working on the next installment of her memoirs, How I Invented the Internet.
Duration - 6h 36m.
Author - Marilyn Carr.
Narrator - Marilyn Carr.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2020 Marilyn Carr ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Marilyn Carr’s family arrived in Deep River, Ontario in 1960 because her dad got a job at a mysterious place called “the plant.” The quirky, isolated, residence for the employees of Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories was impeccably designed by a guy named John Bland. It’s a test-tube baby of a town that sprang, fully formed, from the bush north of Algonquin Park, on the shore of the Ottawa river. Everything has already been decided, including the colours of the houses, inside and out. What could possibly go wrong? Nowhere like This Place is a coming-of-age memoir set against the backdrop of the weirdness of an enclave with more PhDs per capita than anywhere else on earth. It’s steeped in thinly veiled sexism and the searing angst of an artsy child trapped in a terrarium full of white-bread nuclear scientists and their nuclear families. Everything happens, and nothing happens, and it all works out in the end. Maybe. Marilyn Carr is a class of 2020 MFA graduate from the University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is her fourth degree, but who’s counting? (She is.) She blogs about the absurdness of everyday life at www.marilyncarr.com, and is currently working on the next installment of her memoirs, How I Invented the Internet. Duration - 6h 36m. Author - Marilyn Carr. Narrator - Marilyn Carr. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2020 Marilyn Carr ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
02 dedication
Duration:00:00:11
Chapter 1: This Must Be the Place
Duration:00:12:46
Chapter 2: Living Better Atomically
Duration:00:12:17
Chapter 3: A Man, A Plan, A Town
Duration:00:12:08
Chapter 4: Dads Go to Work
Duration:00:10:37
Chapter 5: Blank Slates
Duration:00:14:21
Chapter 6: My Country Is Winter
Duration:00:15:33
Chapter 7: We Don't Need No Stinking Playground
Duration:00:12:48
Chapter 8: Sinking Is Not an Option
Duration:00:15:27
Chapter 9: Come One, Come All
Duration:00:14:44
Chapter 10: Math Doubles Down
Duration:00:13:04
Chapter 11: Seeing the Forest
Duration:00:16:20
Chapter 12: Fashion Victim
Duration:00:12:20
Chapter 13: Type Cast
Duration:00:14:06
Chapter 14: Cold Knee War
Duration:00:15:35
Chapter 15: Doing the Math
Duration:00:13:23
Chapter 16: Valley Girl
Duration:00:15:27
Chapter 17: Adventures in Recreation
Duration:00:16:06
Chapter 18: The Art of the Theatre
Duration:00:15:51
Chapter 19: Turning Pro
Duration:00:17:13
Chapter 20: The DRW
Duration:00:16:57
Chapter 21: Driving Me Crazy
Duration:00:13:13
Chapter 22: Fine Dining
Duration:00:14:50
Chapter 23: Highways and Byways
Duration:00:16:08
Chapter 24: Fresh Blood
Duration:00:17:10
Chapter 25: Constellations
Duration:00:15:17
Chapter 26: Take a Letter
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 27: Nothing like This Place
Duration:00:12:19
Author's Note
Duration:00:04:49
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:14