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QUINTLAND SISTERS

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Quintland Sisters

by author Shelley Wood

Read by Lauren Butchart

In Shelley Wood’s fiction debut, readers are taken inside the devastating true story of the Dionne Quintuplets, told from the perspective of one young woman who meets them at the moment of their birth.

Emma Trimpany 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.

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.

Lauren Butchart reads The Quintland Sisters, representing the community of Hanover.

Originally from Burlington, Lauren worked for Oakville Public Library in various roles before being hired at the Hanover Library and moving to Grey County in 2013. At the Hanover Library, she was originally hired as Assistant Librarian of Technology, responsible for Online Resources and Social Media. Currently she is the Assistant Librarian of Collections, responsible for the selection of adult fiction, adult non-fiction, DVDs, and books on CD as well as managing the Inter library loans.

Her favourite part of the job is being able to select someone's next favourite book. Growing up visiting the library was her favourite pastime which lead her to choose a career in libraries. When she's not at work, she enjoys gardening, cross stitching and of course, reading. Her most-read genre is historical fiction and picture books to my 15-month-old son.

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