Chrissie Foster

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...

Still Standing is a book about love. A mother's love for her daughters. A crusader's love for truth and justice. A champion's love for the community she serves. Love explains why Chrissie is still standing, and it is a privilege to read her story and learn from her example." - The Hon Julia Gillard AC There are few more moving...