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InConceivableHow My Parents Survived the Joy and Chaos of Raising Quintuplets
Five children, all the same age.
Two parents figuring it out as they go.
Step inside the laughter, love, and glorious upheaval of the Pisner family, told by one of the quintuplets who lived it.
$25.00 Paperback · Family memoir
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Behind the family photograph
An extraordinary childhood.
A very human story.
Shira Pisner Kundinger brings together her own memories and her parents’ voices to tell the story behind the headlines: the round-the-clock care, the improbable logistics, the laughter, and the work of helping five siblings become five distinct people.
From the baby years to school days and leaving home, this intimate family memoir celebrates the ingenuity, community, and boundless love that made an extraordinary childhood feel wonderfully normal.
A little of
the chaos.
From “Going Out in the World: The Logistics, the Challenges, and All Eyes on Us”
Shira’s parents, Dan and Pam, remember life beyond the diaper bag.
Dan: The cargo included diapers, wipes, bottles, and everything else from a diaper bag. Except ours was a diaper van.
Dinner out while one baby slept peacefully in a carrier wasn’t an option with five. If we wanted company, people came to us. For a while, babies were our entire world, and we knew almost nothing about life beyond them.
Pam: That reminds me of a favorite story. When the babies were several months old, we invited a few couples to dinner. We hadn’t been anywhere public, and television and news had vanished from our routine. Our friends discussed politics and current events while Dan and I sat at opposite ends of the table, silent and hopelessly out of touch.
Dan: We had absolutely nothing to contribute!
Pam: During a lull, I looked at Dan and announced, “Did you know today is Big Bird’s birthday?”
Our only contribution to an adult conversation was Sesame Street. Another time, a neighborhood babysitter asked what we thought of “Ferraro.” We had no idea Geraldine Ferraro was running for vice president and replied, “It’s a nice car, but our kids won’t fit in it.”
We had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.
Ships the last week of October 2026.