![]() ![]() Here, Sarah Miller reconstructs their unprecedented upbringing with fresh depth and subtlety, bringing to new light their resilience and the indelible bond of their unique sisterhood.īeginning two days after their premature birth in rural Ontario on May 28, 1934, "the lives of the Dionne quintuplets were inextricably bound with the press," asserts Miller (Caroline: Little House, Revisited), whose headline-style chapter titles reinforce that point in this compelling account. The Dionne Quintuplets became a more popular attraction than Niagara Falls, ogled through one-way screens by sightseers as they splashed in their wading pool at the center of a tourist hotspot known as Quintland. ![]() In an effort to protect them from hucksters and showmen, the Ontario government took custody of the five identical babies, sequestering them in a private, custom-built hospital across the road from their family-and then, in a stunning act of hypocrisy, proceeded to exploit them for the next nine years. Overnight, Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie Dionne mesmerized the globe, defying medical history with every breath they took. ![]() When the Dionne Quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934, weighing a grand total of just over 13 pounds, no one expected them to live so much as an hour. In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The Borden Murders, meet the five children who captivated the entire world. ![]()
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Tory Bodeen grew up in a run-down house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt-and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel of redemption and suspense, as a woman haunted by the unsolved murder of her childhood friend returns to her small South Carolina hometown. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was adapted into a Canadian television movie in 1994, starring Tanya Allen as Del. ![]() Exploring themes of growing up, the complex relationship between mothers and daughters, and the issues women face in society, Lives of Girls and Women is considered one of Munro’s most impressive works. Centering almost entirely around female characters with only a few male characters, it is considered one of the best works of feminist Canadian literature. An outsider dissatisfied with small town life and looking to distance herself from her mother - who she’s more like than she’d prefer to admit - the stories follow her as she matures and explores the world outside Jubilee. This series of interconnected short stories centers around a woman named Del Jordan as she grows up in the small Southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Lives of Girls and Women is a short story cycle by Canadian author Alice Munro, first published in 1971. ![]() ![]() ![]() Time and time again, Gwen's uncanny ability to come up with the best answer in a crisis saves her life and others. Fleet Cadet or Civilian? Friend or lover? Average or extraordinary?Ĭan she make new friends? Can she trust the old ones, such as Logan Sangre, her sexy high school crush and an Earth special operative? Now faced with a year-long journey in space, life in a wondrously alien environment, and many tough life choices, Gwen must decide who or what she will become. With Earth about to be destroyed by an extinction level asteroid, teenage nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl Gwen Lark, barely Qualified for rescue onboard one of the thousands of ark-ships headed to the ancient colony planet Atlantis. It's one thing to Qualify.but do you have what it takes to Compete? ![]() ![]() Humble but happy beginningsĮlla Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Va. In fact, many of them had just one binding factor in common – they all loved her. They were rich and poor, made up of all races, all religions and all nationalities. Her audiences were as diverse as her vocal range. She performed at top venues all over the world, and packed them to the hilt. (Or rather, some might say all the jazz greats had the pleasure of working with Ella.) She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole, to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. 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The beginning of the epic, Foundation, describes how one man creates a new force for civilised life as the old Galactic Empire crumbles into barbarism. The Foundation Trilogy In this landmark of imaginative fiction, winner of a special Hugo Award as Best All Time Science Fiction Series, Asimov has brilliantly conceived a whole new world for mankind, set far in the future and spanning a period of more than a thousand years. ![]() ![]() Longtime fans of Diski and those who have discovered her since her death will find much to treasure here, in her only short story collection, released in the US for the very first time. In "Short Curcuit," the author mines her own bouts in and out of mental institutions outside London to question whether those we think are mad are really the sanest among us. "Bathtime" tells the story of a woman's life through her attempts to build the perfect bathtub, chasing an elusive moment of peace. In a Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale turned on its head, a miller's daughter rises to power and wealth to rule over her kingdom and outwit the title villain. The stories in The Vanishing Princess showcase a rarely seen side of this beloved writer, channeling both the piercing social examination of her nonfiction and the vivid, dreamlike landscapes of her novels. ![]() In a cool and unflinching tone that came to define her singular voice, she explored the subjects of sex, power, domesticity, femininity, hysteria, and loneliness with humor and honesty, When she died of cancer in April 2016, after chronicling her illness in strikingly honest essays in the London Review of Books, readers, admirers, and critics around the world mourned the loss. Jenny Diski's prose is as sharp and steely as her imagination is wild and wondrous. "Mordant and talon-sharp." -Dwight Garner, New York Times, on Jenny Diski The only story collection from the beloved Jenny Diski-darkly funny, subversive, sexy, and eccentric tales from one of the most original and intelligent voices of our time ![]() |