Valerie Foster: 2 books

What can the few remaining survivors of the Holocaust teach us before they are gone? What is it that hasn’t yet been said? A high school teacher is given the opportunity to find out when one such survivor chooses her to preserve her final testament. In The Risk of Sorrow, Valerie Foster, an Irish-Catholic...

“Parents and loved ones of those with an eating disorder can find much information, hope and understanding in Ms. Foster’s book, but above all, they can find that they are not alone. Ms. Foster details her anguish through Jenna’s sudden sickness, her weight loss, her hospitalizations ... From...