Product Description

Transformative lessons in life learnt through a remarkable three-year-old girl's battle with cancer. From Hannah's story emerge five profound lessons - of truth, joy, faith, compassion and wonder - that have the power to change our lives

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41063 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

People Magazine
`a heartbreaking and heartwarming tale'

Synopsis
This title offers transformative lessons in life learnt through a three-year-old girl's battle with cancer. From Hannah's story emerge five profound lessons - of truth, joy, faith, compassion and wonder - that have the power to change our lives. During the last year of her short life, Hannah was fearless in the way she faced death - and irrepressibly joyful in the way she approached living. The little girl who wore her favourite red shoes into the operating theatre changed the life of everyone who came in contact with her. Now, in a book that preserves Hannah's indomitable spirit, Maria Housden offers the gift of her daughter's last year to all of us.

From the Publisher
Hannah's Gift nourishes the soul with an ageless wisdom all the more invaluable for having come from someone so young. A remarkable story, remarkably told, it will bring comfort to anyone touched by loss and renewed faith in the power of love.

Customer Reviews

Very sad story
Another one of those books you just cant' put down. A very emotional thought provoking book. I cried and i smiled! It really makes you think about how not just only the perosn with the cancer but also how the family cope. you read it praying for this little girl to pull through. When you read the book the front cover is self explanatory. Trully sad and emotional book

Everyone should read this book...
I picked up a copy of this in French whilst on a year abroad working. It was touching and funny in a way that I didn't realise was possible. Hannah is not portrayed as being the perfect, angelic child; rather she is the normal little girl that every one of use sees on a daily basis. I read the book exactly a year after the death of my gran, and it helped me to realise that actually as long as a life has been lived, a death is no bad thing.

I passed it on to my mother who works as a bereavment nurse on a children's ward. She too has found this book compelling reading.

Hannah's Gift
This book made me laugh and made me cry. It is superb! An amazing story of love, strength, dedication and faith. It truly makes you appreciate every day we have with our family and friends, treasure every moment.