miracle and tragedy of the dionne quintuplets

Where would you shelve it? collected biography Who should buy this book? All middle and high school libraries To whom would you recommend this book? Students who like sensationalist stories.Īnything you didn’t like about it? It is PERFECT. Includes black and white images, references, extensive notes and an index. Miller strives to give the five sisters independence and distinction that they lacked in press and publications for most of their life by including individual quotes from each of the sisters as much as possible and emphasizing their differences. Readers will be fascinated by the strange circumstances of the Dionne family’s situation and the way that good intentions fail in the face of greed. Quick, short chapters keep the chronological plot moving. I read this book in less than 24 hours and couldn’t stop talking about it. Is it any wonder that all of the Quints had difficult lives?

In the meantime, almost everyone surrounding the children profited from their image and notoriety to the tune of millions of dollars. Through circuitous circumstances the Canadian government seized custody of the Quints and kept them separated from the rest of their family in an artificial “home” with nurses granting their every wish. The press and public were fascinated by the story of the Quints from the start as people were desperate for a “feel good” story in the midst of the Great Depression. Dafoe, for the first nine and a half years of their life.

Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emilie and Marie were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne in rural Ontario in 1934, but they were cared for by nurses and their doctor, Dr. Sarah Miller has written a fascinating, balanced account of the Dionne Quintuplets, the first quintuplets to survive childhood in history. Children kept in captivity, raised with no sense of independence or reality, ogled at by thousands like animals in a zoo, and exploited for millions of dollars? WHAT? What did you like about the book? This book is BANANAS and proves the maxim that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets – Sarah Miller, Schwartz & Wade Books (9781524713812), 2019

Miracle and tragedy of the dionne quintuplets