The Quintland sisters
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Description
675 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Albany Co. Public Library - Large Print Collection | LP FICTION WOOD | On Shelf |
Lincoln Co. - Star Valley Branch - Main collection | LP WOOD | On Shelf |
Teton Co. Library - Large Print Collection | LGPT WOOD S | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2019.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Notes
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"Thorndike Press Large Print Peer Picks."
Summary
"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"--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wood, S. (2019). The Quintland sisters (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Shelley, 1971-. 2019. The Quintland Sisters. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Shelley, 1971-. The Quintland Sisters Thorndike Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wood, Shelley. The Quintland Sisters Large print edition., Thorndike Press, 2019.
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