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y separately published work icon Hell on the Way to Heaven single work   autobiography  
Note: Written by Chrissie Foster with journalist Paul Kennedy.
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Hell on the Way to Heaven
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'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.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Books , 2010 .
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      Extent: 375p., [8]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports (chiefly col.)
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: September 2010.
      ISBN: 9781741669527 (pbk.), 9781742741024 (ebk.)
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Australia , 2011 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published October 2011
      ISBN: 9781742753041

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  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 October 2010; (p. 39)

— Review of Hell on the Way to Heaven Chrissie Foster , Paul Kennedy , 2010 single work autobiography
Memoir Christina Houen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 September 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of Hell on the Way to Heaven Chrissie Foster , Paul Kennedy , 2010 single work autobiography
Harrowing Tale of Misplaced Trust Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 September 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Hell on the Way to Heaven Chrissie Foster , Paul Kennedy , 2010 single work autobiography
Sins of Silence Lucy Clark , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 5 September 2010; (p. 17)
Harrowing Tale of Misplaced Trust Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 September 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Hell on the Way to Heaven Chrissie Foster , Paul Kennedy , 2010 single work autobiography
Memoir Christina Houen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 September 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of Hell on the Way to Heaven Chrissie Foster , Paul Kennedy , 2010 single work autobiography
Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 October 2010; (p. 39)

— Review of Hell on the Way to Heaven Chrissie Foster , Paul Kennedy , 2010 single work autobiography
Sins of Silence Lucy Clark , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 5 September 2010; (p. 17)
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