• Age: 11 to 15
• Grade: 6 to 10

As writer and performer of the popular one-man show The Truth About Daughters, Nils Ling is used to being in front of an audience. However when he returns to his high school for a fundraiser, nerves and memories threaten to take over. In I Think We’ve All Learned Something Here Nils remembers his school years: the stress of skipping two grades, trying to fit in with the older kids and not getting beaten up on a daily basis. He quickly realizes that humour can fend off potential bullies and also impress the girls. He navigates his childhood as the class clown, fitting in the best that he can by making people laugh. When a teacher suggests he take his act to the stage, Nils discovers a way to turn his coping mechanism into a career.

Nils Ling is an author, playwright, humorist, filmmaker, and stage performer who lives and writes in the tiny community of Breadalbane, Prince Edward Island. He is a former CBC Radio columnist and host who wrote and toured for a decade with one of the most successful one-man shows in Canadian theatre history, The Truth About Daughters. He is currently researching and writing his third book, a non-fiction work about dealing with grief over the loss of an infant with the working title The Stolen Child.

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