Black-and-white family photos and notes further expand this eye-opening, thoroughly researched title. Miller presents multiple viewpoints with sensitivity, enmeshing the reader in the Dionnes’ lives so successfully that it is impossible not to feel the tragedy of the quintuplets’ lives. The Dionne parents’ rights to raise their children were continually overruled, and the physical separation of the quintuplets from the rest of their family until age nine produced lifelong emotional dysfunction. Blatz, who attended to the sisters’ emotional and mental development and the government of Ontario, which tried to protect the family from being exploited by unscrupulous Americans seeking to profit from the story.
Dafoe, the local medical practitioner the nurses he chose to keep the infants alive Dr. 27 2019 by Sarah Miller (Author) 663 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 24.99 24 Used from 20.87 12 New from 18. Those rushing to provide support simultaneously saved the quintuplets’ lives and wreaked emotional havoc upon the family. The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets ISBN-13 9781524713812 Publication Date August, 2019 Assembled Product Dimensions (L x W x H) 9.40 x 6.40 x 1.30 Inches ISBN-10 1524713813 Report incorrect product information Popular items in this category Best selling items that customers love Now 13.58 18. The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets Hardcover Illustrated, Aug. Together, the five babies weighed only 13 pounds, 6 ounces, and their desperate parents, Oliva and Elzire Dionne, traded privacy for critical necessities: breast milk and incubators. Beginning two days after their premature birth in rural Ontario on May 28, 1934, “the lives of the Dionne quintuplets were inextricably bound with the press,” asserts Miller ( Caroline: Little House, Revisited), whose headline-style chapter titles reinforce that point in this compelling account.
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