Meet Sheila

Sheila Porter Dutton is the matriarch and co-founder of The Duttons, one of America's longest-running family performing acts. Alongside her husband, Dean, she raised fourteen children — seven biological, seven adopted — while building a touring music and variety show with more than 10,000 live performances worldwide. Sheila recently retired as CEO of the business but still plays the bass and performs regularly. This is her first book.

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Raising the Duttons:
The Story we Never Saw Coming

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A memoir about ....