the miracle & tragedy of the dionne quintuplets

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. 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.

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. In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The. Overnight, Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie Dionne mesmerized the globe, defying medical history with every breath they took. Hardcover 18.99 Join Reader Rewards About The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets.

See search resultsfor this author Sarah Miller(Author) 4. When they 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. 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. The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets Library Binding Augby Sarah Miller (Author) Visit Amazons Sarah Miller Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets.

The tragedy is pretty much everything else about their story. It is a remake of the 1912 hand-colored, black-and-white film The Miracle, which was in turn a production of the 1911 pantomime play, The Miracle, written by Karl Vollmller and directed by Max Reinhardt. In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The Borden Murders, meet the five children who captivated the entire world. The miracle referred to in the title was of course the birth of the five identical Dionne sisters in Ontario in 1934, the first time quintuplets were known to survive. 1934, at a time when twin pregnancies were rare in a small Canadian town, a woman gave birth to five daughters. The Miracle is a 1959 film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Carroll Baker and Roger Moore.

The miracle & tragedy of the dionne quintuplets