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 are the only female identical set of five ever recorded. The sisters were born just outside Callander, Ontario, Canada near the village of Corbeil. Their names were Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne. My parents, born in the late 1920's, remember their births as BIG news.

Emilie died at 20 due to suffocation during an epileptic seizure. Marie died at 35 due to a blood clot in her brain. Yvonne died at 64 of cancer.

Amazon Book Description:
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 difficulties. Includes never-before-published photos.