The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets Format: Hardback

Description: In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The Borden Murders, meet the five children who captivated the entire world.

When the Dionne Quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934, weighing a grand total of just over 13 pounds, no one expected them to live so much as an hour. Overnight, Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie Dionne mesmerized the globe, defying medical history with every breath they took. In an effort to protect them from hucksters and showmen, the Ontario government took custody of the five identical babies, sequestering them in a private, custom-built hospital across the road from their family--and then, in a stunning act of hypocrisy, proceeded to exploit them for the next nine years. The Dionne Quintuplets became a more popular attraction than Niagara Falls, ogled through one-way screens by sightseers as they splashed in their wading pool at the center of a tourist hotspot known as Quintland. Here, Sarah Miller reconstructs their unprecedented upbringing with fresh depth and subtlety, bringing to new light their resilience and the indelible bond of their unique sisterhood.

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Narrative Type: book

Type: book

Book Title: Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Topic: Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Topics), Biography & Autobiography / General, Family / Siblings, People & Places / Canada / General, History / Canada

Item Height: 1.3 in

Publication Year: 2019

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction, Young Adult Nonfiction

Item Weight: 21.2 Oz

Item Length: 9.6 in

Author: Sarah Miller

Item Width: 6.5 in

Format: Hardcover