When ordering from the US, parcels may be subject to import tax and duty charges, which the buyer is responsible to pay. Time Of Their Lives Dionne Quints Quintuplets Book HARDCOVER VG+ This product data sheet is originally written in English. Time Of Their Lives Dionne Quints Quintuplets Book HARDCOVER VG+ Canadian orders Shipped Canada Post ..no duties!! Hardcover,1986, good condition,.in very good DJ , The tiny babies from the backwoods of Northern Ontario, the first-ever surviving quintuplets, became the most written and talked about girls on earth. Their miraculous birth, Valiant fight for life, and seemingly ideal upbringing gave hope to a world' deep in the despair of the Great Depression. Their faces were everywhere - on magazines and newspapers, newsreels, ads, billboards, products, calendars - and still, the public could not get enough. Millions of people travelled across the continent just to see them, turning Quintland into one of the top tourist attractions in North America. Treated like royalty and universally loved, the quints were considered the luckiest girls alive. obsessive Dr. Ail~r controlled by Onta~ia"~ iaus premier, Mitchell Hep~ : then the battle became public,, the re$t of the world cruelly saw the Dionne parents as ungrateful nuisance; the Dionnes saw only their family being destrc~ed by outsiders. The family's: eventual victory proved hollow - after eight years, the damage was too great, the scars too deep, and the tragedy irreversible. yIME OF THEIR LIVES removes the hype and gloss from the greatest l ~man interest story of the century. Accounts of the Quint phenomenon - what happened, who did what, and how big they were - have been told time and time again. What has not been told is the story of a family fighting for its right to exist. The story of two parents who lost their children to a world that was too greedy to leave them alone. Not as lucky were their parents, Oliva and Elzire Dionne. The facade of happiness surrounding their quints, .,,~ fabricated by a myth-making press, hid the intense battle being waged in the background. For eight years, the Dionnes fought for the custody of the five girls who were taken away from them at birth, locked in a specially built hospital, made wards of the Government, and placed undet~' a board of guardians headed by the John Nihmey authored Hotels of the World, Canada's most widely syndicated travel feature from 1977 to 1980. He lives in Ottawa and is the president of a major communications firm. Stuart Foxman, originally from Montreal, is a researcher and writer with the same firm. Jacket design by Louise Daigle (continued on back flap) All Canadian Items Shipped Canada Post No duties! Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution Hardcover,1986, good condition,.in very good DJ ,The tiny babies from the backwoods of Northern Ontario, the first-ever surviving quintuplets, became the most written and talked about girls on earth. Their miraculous birth, Valiant fight for life, and seemingly ideal upbringing gave hope to a world' deep in the despair of the Great Depression. Their faces were everywhere - on magazines and newspapers, newsreels, ads, billboards, products, calendars - and still, the public could not get enough. Millions of people travelled across the continent just to see them, turning Quintland into one of the top tourist attractions in North America. Treated like royalty and universally loved, the quints were considered the luckiest girls alive. obsessive Dr. Ail~r controlled by Onta~ia"~ iaus premier, Mi Subject History Book Title TIME OF THER LIVES ISBN-10 0921043007 Language English Author NIHMEY