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Latest update: September 23, 2021. In 10th year of writing. Book @ 371,241 words, not including 70,000+ in footnotes + 840 pages). TOTAL 24 CHAPTERS (will be extra chapter 5). Playlist is not in chronological order, but is in the order of my book, “Marion’s Daughter, Carol”© 2010 (All rights reserved) by Caroline Wolter Hall. I have created an entirely new way of composing stories seamlessly sewn to history and how things work, for people who normally do not like to read or find it challenging, especially those with ADD & the millennial generation. Inside the pages, set to music and sounds, the world comes alive with changing points of view gripping the reader's attention. Autobiographical stories are braided with world and Canadian history. Easily learn out how Canada was formed and what makes us different from the Americans. See how a Negro King sowed the Silent Revolution (1960-1966) and why Canada is a bilingual nation. Feel groovy with Simon and Garfunkel, the glory days of the "Original Six" and the Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup in 1967. Experience Expo '67 and follow Bobby Gimby during Canada's centennial celebrations. Imagine the magic of Christmas with Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Bielefeld Children's Choir singing "Lo How a Rose E'er Bloometh." Journey with me back in time taking a streetcar to see Simpson's Christmas windows with mechanized tableaux glistening in 19th century attire. Have a Ritz Red Hot and honeydew orange drink while enjoying the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade. Fall in love with Marion while she learns to dance the Cha-Cha to Tommy Dorsey's "Tea for Two." Go tobogganing with Carol on cafeteria trays as she flies down one of Glendon College's estate hills. Listen to the sounds of steam locomotives, waves slapping against the hull of a ship, the clicks and whistles of dolphins, humpback and orca whale songs and puffin birds of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland as nineteen-year-old Marion says "Auf Wiedersehen" to Hamburg while immigrating to Toronto in 1955. Discover Carol's world - eating a Sweet Marie Canadian chocolate bar and watching the "Friendly Giant" in 1961 Montréal. Understand the German mentality, Erhard's Economic Miracle, the lives of fresh-faced Baby boomers throughout the Cold War and their impact on the generation of echoes. Find out why Kennedy inherited the Bay of Pigs. How close were we really to WWIII during the Cuban Missile Crisis? Innovative, harmonious, and spellbinding, the stories span 6 decades, and are told through the points of view of 3 generations of women. Each true narrative leaps off the page engaging the reader’s imagination with compelling, rounded characters set in vivid enchanting scenes along with embedded music and sounds. The stories alternate with easy to understand explanations of history, geography, and science, incl. the history of communications. I really need a helpmate (soul mate?)/ researcher who is also, hopefully, an editor/international publisher. Please contact me at c.wolterhall at gmail dot com. ** TAKE A CHANCE ON ME. I'M THE REAL McCOY.** Thank you with all my heart. God bless us all! Chapter 1 Regaining a Sense of Self: Driving to Glendon College, July 11, 2009 /pp. 1-59 Chapter 2 Remembering my Mom, Marion Wolter, 1936 – 1984: Part I /pp. 59-97 + 23 pages in Doc: “Konrad Adenauer” not integrated into book yet. To be divided here & Chap. 11. Chapter 3 On the Train from Hamburg to Rotterdam: Part II In My Mother’s Footsteps March 18, 1955 /pp. 97-105 Chapter 4 The SS Groote Beer at the Port of Rotterdam: Part II In My Mother’s Footsteps March 18, 1955 /pp. 105-145 + 35 pages in Doc: “Wireless Radio & History of Electricity begins w. Canada’s First Telegraph 1846” Chapter 5 Arriving at Halifax: Part III In My Mother’s Footsteps March 25, 1955 /pp. 146-150 Chapter 6 On the Ocean Limited Halifax to Montreal to Toronto: Part IV In My Mother’s Footsteps – March 25, 1955 /pp. 150-158 Chapter 7 Klaus Comes to Canada in 1953 /pp.158-188 Chapter 8 The Reinvention of Post-World War II Germans in Canada /pp. 188-195 Chapter 9 Moving from LaSalle, Montréal to Scarborough, Toronto 1968 /pp. 195-232 Chapter 10 Going Inside East Germany 1967 /pp. 232-245 Chapter 11 All around the World Wars of Baby Boomer Parents /pp. 245-260 Chapter 12 Conformity /pp. 260-261 Chapter 13 Oh Canada – How She Found Her Own Groove /pp. 262-287 Chapter 14 The Making of a Baby Boomer /pp. 287-293 Chapter 15 Indulging Post-War Children /pp. 293-357 + 10 pages Doc: “First Television Stations in Toronto & Montreal 1950s” not integrated into book yet. Chapter 16 Money Can’t Buy You Out of the Cold War /pp. 357-371 Chapter 17 Mourning My Children Growing Up /pp. 371-372 Chapter 18 Being Homeless at 18: Victoria Park Subway Station, 1975 /pp. 372-405 Ch 19: Finding Glendon’s Gates, 2009 / pp. 405-471 Ch 20: 1976 / pp. 471-473 Ch 21: 1977 / pp. 473-480 Ch 22: pp.480-482 Ch 23: 482-484