The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets

Back in (apparently) 1994 the CBC ran Million Dollar Babies (with Beau Bridges and everything!) about the Dionnes, and my sister and I were obsessed (perks of living in a state that got Canadian tv!). We went to the little house museum sometime after that on vacation as a family; my sister collected a bunch of Dionne stuff; I read the book that the miniseries was based on; I bought the DVD of the miniseries about a decade ago even. All that to say, I had to read this (even if I feel a little conflicted about it all...).

Holy cow, is it incredible.

This story man... It's all so interesting and horrible. Miller does a great job of telling the Dionnes' story. You really feel for Elzire and Oliva, and then later you really don't understand them... Ultimately, I really just felt so badly for the girls, under scrutiny and not allowed to just be kids. I found the girls' later years particularly interesting just because I haven't heard as much about those times. I can't imagine what their lives were like, and I hope they've found peace where they can.

(I listened to this and used the kindle version. I made soooo many highlights. Overall the narrator was good, but said Corbeil wrong throughout, which was a bit annoying.)