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"We were five"; the Dionne Quintuplets' story from birth through girlhood to womanhood. by Brough, James,1918-;

Subjects: Dionne quintuplets.;

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"We were five"; the Dionne quintuplets' story from birth through girlhood to womanhood / by Brough, James,1918-(CARDINAL)130802;

Subjects: Biographies.; Dionne quintuplets.; Dionne (Quintuplées);

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The Dionne years : a Thirties melodrama / by Berton, Pierre,1920-2004.(CARDINAL)122899;

Bibliography: pages 221-224.

Subjects: Biographies.; Dionne quintuplets.; Nineteen thirties.;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4

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The miracle & tragedy of the Dionne quintuplets / by Miller, Sarah,1979-author.(CARDINAL)346004;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Quintuplets born to farm wife -- Canadian woman gives birth to five girls; all are doing well -- Country doctor struggles to save lives of Canadian mother and quintuplet girls -- Progress of quintuplets amazes medical world -- Star sends assistance to mother and five babes -- Quintuplets may go on exhibit at Chicago fair -- Quintuplets' father to get $100 a week while all live -- Home turned into hospital -- Parents of quintuplets dazed by sudden fame, offers, gifts -- Too many showmen after quintuplets -- Dionnes now have to guard quintuplets from tourist horde -- Quintuplet hospital started near home of parents -- Parents of babies plan for future -- Parents' wishes to be ignored -- Ontario adopts five world-famous little girls -- Mrs. Dionne, world's most famous mother, declares she is one of the unhappiest -- The private life of the Dionne quints -- Quints lose stage fright, 2500 gawkers a day -- Quintuplet frolics play to "standing room only" -- The threat to the quints' happiness -- Dionne endorsements, incorporated -- Dr. Dafoe himself -- Science designs a life for the Dionnes -- Home or science? The Dionnes' case debated -- Just one big unhappy family -- Guardians of Dionnes seek better relations with tots' parents -- "Felt right at home with king and queen" -- Dionne suing Dafoe for libel ; New York photo basis of action -- Dionne wins control over his five girls -- Quints will soon move to new home -- Dionne quints get schoolmates, nine specially selected girls -- Dionne quints 16 now, but no dates, says stern papa -- Famous Dionne quintuplets to be separated for first time this fall -- Four quints dry-eyed and close to shock -- Four Dionne sisters start life anew -- Boys? Million dollars? Dionnes shrug shoulders -- The Dionnes : a fight for happiness -- Quints' story causes new wound -- The babies of Quintland now : broke and bitter."When they were born on May 28, 1934, quintuplets Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie captivated the world, 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 quints, sequestering them in a private, custom-built hospital across the road from their family. Here, Sarah Miller reconstructs their unprecedented upbringing with depth and subtlety, illustrating not only their resilience, but also the unique bond of their sisterhood"--1110LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Dionne quintuplets.; Quintuplets; Sisters; French-Canadians; Siblings.; Multiple birth.; Families; Siblings.;

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Family secrets / by Soucy, Jean-Yves,1945-; Dionne, Annette.; Dionne, Cécile.; Dionne, Yvonne.;

Subjects: Dionne quintuplets.; Dionne quintuplets; Quintuplets; Dionne (Quintuplées); Dionne (Quintuplées); Quintuplées;

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The Quintland sisters : a novel / by Wood, Shelley,1971-author.(CARDINAL)805507;

Includes bibliographical references (page 443-444).The story of the Dionne Quintuplets, the world's first identical quintuplets to survive birth, told from the perspective of a midwife in training who helps bring them into the world. Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just 17 when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them through their perilous first days and when the government decides to remove the babies from their francophone parents, making them wards of the British king, Emma signs on as their nurse. Over 6,000 daily visitors come to ogle the identical ٢Quints٣ playing in their custom-built playground; at the height of the Great Depression, the tourism and advertising dollars pour in. While the rest of the world delights in their sameness, Emma sees each girl as unique: Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Marie, and Émilie. With her quirky eye for detail, Emma records every strange twist of events in her private journals. As the fight over custody and revenues turns increasingly explosive, Emma is torn between the fishbowl sanctuary of Quintland and the wider world, now teetering on the brink of war. Steeped in research, The Quintland Sisters is a novel of love, heartache, resilience, and enduring sisterhood-a fictional, coming-of-age story bound up in one of the strangest true tales of the past century.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Dionne quintuplets; Midwives; Quintuplets; Diaries;

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The Quintland sisters [Large print] / by Wood, Shelley,1971-author.(CARDINAL)805507;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-611)."Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just 17 when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them through their perilous first days and when the government decides to remove the babies from their francophone parents, making them wards of the British king, Emma signs on as their nurse. Over 6,000 daily visitors come to ogle the identical 'Quints' playing in their custom-built playground; at the height of the Great Depression, the tourism and advertising dollars pour in. While the rest of the world delights in their sameness, Emma sees each girl as unique: Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Marie, and Émilie. With her quirky eye for detail, Emma records every strange twist of events in her private journals. As the fight over custody and revenues turns increasingly explosive, Emma is torn between the fishbowl sanctuary of Quintland and the wider world, now teetering on the brink of war. Steeped in research, The Quintland Sisters is a novel of love, heartache, resilience, and enduring sisterhood--a fictional, coming-of-age story bound up in one of the strangest true tales of the past century"--

Subjects: Large print books.; Diary fiction.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Dionne quintuplets; Midwives; Quintuplets; Diaries;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4

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The Quintland sisters : a novel [sound recording] / by Wood, Shelley,1971-author; Gilbert, Tavia,narrator.;

Performed by Tavia Gilbert.This novel tells the devastating true story of the Dionne Quintuplets, told from the perspective of one young woman who meets them at the moment of their birth. Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just seventeen when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them when the government decides to remove the babies from their francophone parents, making them wards of the British king, and she signs on as their nurse.

Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Dionne quintuplets; Quintuplets; Midwives; Diaries;

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Woman, watching : Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the songbirds of Pimisi Bay / by Simonds, Merilyn,1949-author.(CARDINAL)643383;

Includes bibliographical references and index."From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman -- a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds. Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her Swedish privilege and joined the Canadian Red Cross, visiting her northern Ontario patients by dogsled. When Elzire Dionne gave birth to five babies, Louise became nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets. Repulsed by the media circus, she retreated to her wilderness cabin, where she devoted herself to studying the birds that nested in her forest. Author of six books and scores of magazine stories, de Kiriline Lawrence and her "loghouse nest" became a Mecca for international ornithologists. Lawrence was an old woman when Merilyn Simonds moved into the woods not far away. Their paths crossed, sparking Simonds's lifelong interest. A dedicated birder, Simonds brings her own songbird experiences from Canadian nesting grounds and Mexican wintering grounds to this deeply researched, engaging portrait of a uniquely fascinating woman."--1180L

Subjects: Biographies.; Lawrence, Louise de Kiriline, 1894-1992.; Ornithologists; Women naturalists; Naturalists; Songbirds;

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