The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Sarah Miller

The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Sarah Miller

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.

Into the Mind of Gideon Rayburn and The Other Girl are two of Sarah Miller's young adult novels. She attended Amherst College and grew raised in western Massachusetts. Details, Men's Health, Glamour, Mademoiselle, TV Guide, and Philadelphia Weekly are among the publications for which she has written. Nevada City, California is her home.

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ISBN 13	9781524713812
ISBN 10	1524713813
Title	The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets
Author	Sarah Miller
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2019-08-27
Number of pages	320
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