Five plus five makes fifteen

While big families were commonplace a few decades ago, not many can boast of having five sets of twins and five single births. However, the Burge family from Pierceland, Saskatchewan could. In Five Plus Five Makes Fifteen, Barbara Gonie, the fourth child in the family, shares how her farming family managed to survive in a three-bedroom house without running water, electricity, or indoor plumbing. With honesty and humour, she describes the trials...