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1 2 of Us : Chrissie and Anthony Foster Chrissie Foster , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 30 October 2010; (p. 10)
1 4 y separately published work icon Hell on the Way to Heaven Chrissie Foster , Paul Kennedy , North Sydney : Bantam Books , 2010 Z1722423 2010 single work autobiography

'Chrissie and Anthony Foster were like any other young family, raising their three daughters in suburban Melbourne with what they hoped were the right values. Chrissie could not have known that the stranger-danger she feared actually lurked in the presbytery attached to the girls' Catholic primary school. Father Kevin O'Donnell, a long-term paedophile, lived and worked there.

'Two of their young daughters became victims of O'Donnell. And once the truth was revealed, the Fosters began a battle to find out how this could have happened. The Church offered silence, lies, denials and threats. Meanwhile, their daughters tried to piece together their fractured lives.

'This is the chilling true story that made national and international headlines. Chrissie Foster's heartbreaking account of her family's suffering, and their determination to stand up for themselves against the might of the Catholic Church, is testament to the strength of a mother's love, and the resilience of the human spirit.' (From the publisher's website.)

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