<P><b>In this riveting beyond-belief true story from the author of <i>The Borden Murders</i> meet the five children who captivated the entire world.</b></P><P>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.</P>
