A Gift of Love is Tony Cointreau’s memoir about the twelve years he spent volunteering in Mother Teresa’s homes for the dying during the height of the AIDS crisis. The book follows him as he travels between Calcutta and New York City’s Gift of Love...

From birth, Elena Manzioni, the last of three children to Italian immigrant parents, had won many hearts with her exceptional beauty. Her mother did not shy away from voicing her intentions for Elena, that she was her family’s ticket out of their modest living. In...