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Family secrets: the dionne quintuplets' autobiography
They were the "miracle babies"--five identical girls born on a farm, who went on to become the biggest celebrities of their day. Now, for the first time, the three surviving Dionne quintuplets tell their story--from their bizarre, socially isolated childhood, to the physical and sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of their parents, to their inspiring triumph over their
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Paperback, 226 pages
Published
March 1st 1997
by Berkley
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I had earlier read "We Were Five", which the Dionnes had told to an author a few decades before this book. The biggest change was that now that their parents had died they revealed the sexual abuse at the hands of their father. When Annette told her priest how her father would molest her when he took her out for a drive, he advised her to wear a thicker coat.
The tale of the Dionne quintuplets is very sad. They seem to have fonder memories of when they were institutionalized than after they were ...more
The tale of the Dionne quintuplets is very sad. They seem to have fonder memories of when they were institutionalized than after they were ...more
The first book I read about them was filled with such negative feelings for their parents and their father in particular. This book, written after his death, explores the emotional, physical and sexual abuse these kids faced at the hands of their parents. And the hatred they received from their parents and siblings. It's so amazing that they were finally able to break away and live their own lives. Sad that the only happiness they knew as children was as wards of the government.
This book came to my attention during a recent tour of the Quints Museum in North Bay, the birth home in 1934 of the Dionne quintuplets. Written by 3 of the Quints and Jean-Yves Soucy, it presents a personal account of their lives until their 20s. It is a sad tale of abuse and exploitation by their family, their doctor and the province. Quintland was the original Disneyland that attracted 3 million visitors to North Bay and area during the peak of the depression. A whole new Quint industry spran
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The Quintuplets book- a depressing true story about how life a home was worse then living in QUINTLAND. takes the quints from 9 - early twenties...
I wanted to learn about the media circus surrounding the Dionnes' early years, and this was not that book. This was an amateur look at their years after they moved back into the family home through young adulthood.
Disturbingly compelling. I read it in one night. I was saddened by their circumstances as well as by the failure of the adults around them to protect them... esp. those adults in the Church. Priase God, there was mention of one priest finally speaking up for Emelie... at her wake. I was grateful that the girls still loved and trusted God through their ordeal. And, they always had one another.
The Dionne quintuplets (born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to survive their infancy. They ...more
The Dionne quintuplets (born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to survive their infancy. They ...more
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