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.