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⚫ '''''Hannah's Gift – Lessons From a Life Fully Lived''''' is a ] book by ].
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==Overview==
''Hannah's Gift'' tells the story of Hannah Catherine Martell, a young girl who was diagnosed with a ] of the kidney, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, at age two and died at age three. The author, Maria Housden, is Hannah's mother, and the book documents her struggle to come to terms with her daughter's sickness and inevitable death while making changes in her own life.


==Reception==
⚫ '''''Hannah's Gift -- Lessons from a Life Fully Lived''''' is a ] book by ].
''Hannah's Gift'' has been translated into 13 languages. While some reviewers focus on the book's message of living life to its fullest<ref name="reading-addiction">{{cite web|url= http://www.reading-addiction.com/2006/08/hannahs-gift-lessons-from-life-fully.html|title= Reading-Addiction.com: Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived|access-date= October 20, 2006|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061206192231/http://www.reading-addiction.com/2006/08/hannahs-gift-lessons-from-life-fully.html|archive-date= December 6, 2006|df= }}</ref> and as a resource for bereaved parents,<ref name="post-ie">{{cite web|url= http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/05/05/story812281628.asp|title= Hannah's Gift by Maria Housden: ThePost.ie|accessdate= October 20, 2006}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> others laud it for showcasing Hannah's ability to understand what was happening to her and accept it.<ref name="kara">{{cite web|url= http://www.kara-grief.org/Reviews/HannahsGift_Carter.htm|title= Kara Grief Support and Education for Our Community|access-date= October 20, 2006|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061005054409/http://www.kara-grief.org/Reviews/HannahsGift_Carter.htm|archive-date= October 5, 2006|df= }}</ref><ref name="chronogram">{{cite web |url= http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2003/02/feature/book_reviews.html|title= literary 2-03 BOOK REVIEWS|accessdate= October 20, 2006}}</ref>


The book includes biblical references and a ] perspective, but its lessons about love and faith are universal. One reviewer noted that, as a ], her feelings towards ] were bolstered.<ref name="BundaNadNuTs">{{cite web|url= http://nadnuts.multiply.com/reviews/item/16|title= BabyHana-AbiDee-BundaNadNuTs - Hannah's Gift - Lessons from a Life Fully Lived|access-date= October 20, 2006|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110714131957/http://nadnuts.multiply.com/reviews/item/16|archive-date= July 14, 2011|df= }}</ref>
This book tells the heartwarming tale of a fearless little girl who faced death straight on. The main character is Hannah, a three year old girl who dies of a rare and aggressive form of kidney ]. In this book, Hannah's mother, Maria, documents Hannah's life and death, and her own struggle to have another child.


''Hannah's Gift'' has been recommended as a grief-coping book by the ],<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/relationships/coping_with_grief/furtherreading_index.shtml|title= BBC - Relationships - Coping with grief|accessdate= October 20, 2006}}</ref> while Hannah herself was the inspiration for an award at the ].<ref name="riley">{{cite web|url= http://rileychildrenshospital.com/document.jsp?locid=2374|title= Hannah's Gift - Riley Hospital for Children|accessdate= October 20, 2006|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061024110832/http://www.rileychildrenshospital.com/document.jsp?locid=2374|archive-date= October 24, 2006|url-status= dead}}</ref> Since writing ''Hannah's Gift'', Housden has become a sought-after speaker on the subject of grief.<ref name="kara" /><ref name="hopkinsmedicine">{{cite web|url= http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0603/news_report1.cfm|title= DOME:Working with Grief|access-date= October 20, 2006|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061219003029/http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0603/news_report1.cfm|archive-date= December 19, 2006|df= }}</ref>
Throughout the book, Hannah teaches us the meaning of life even after she's gone. From this story emerges five profound lessons - of truth, joy, faith, compassion and wonder. Her mother is like her messenger to the reader. This little girl, even at such a young age, shows us that life is not what you do but how you do it; she encourages you to live as you want not how society dictates. Through this story we see that children should not be kept in the dark about any illness as Will, Hannah's brother, and Hannah herself showed that children are able to understand in their own ways what their fate is and should not be kept in the dark. In death children ask only two questions, 'Will it hurt?' and 'Will somebody be with me?'. If both of these things are met children are usually at ease.


==Publication== ==Aspects==
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⚫ * Housden, M, 2002, Hannah's Gift - Lessons from a life fully lived.,London, Harper collins publishers
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⚫ * Housden, M. ''Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived'' Harper Collins, 2003. ISBN 0007155670
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==Publication history==
* Housden, M, ''Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived'', ], 2002, {{ISBN|0-553-80210-0}}
* Housden, M, ''Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived'', DIANE Publishing Co., 2002. {{ISBN|0-7567-8738-6}}
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==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* official site (includes ''"The Heart of Hannah's Gift"'' forum)
* children's hospice program inspired by Hannah's Gift
* book review by Sandra Tsing Loh
* {{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} interview with Maria Housden, author of Hannah's Gift
* Dr. Gloria Horsley discusses Hannah's Gift with Maria Housden
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* Red Shoe Award, inspired by Hannah's Gift
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* Window of Hope dedication to Hannah Martell, reference Hannah's Gift
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 30 May 2023

Non-fiction book by Maria Housden
Hannah's Gift - Lessons From a Life Fully Lived
AuthorMaria Housden
LanguageEnglish
GenreInspiration
PublisherBantam Books
Publication dateFebruary 2002
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages240
ISBN0-00-715567-0
OCLC51668669

Hannah's Gift – Lessons From a Life Fully Lived is a non-fiction book by Maria Housden.

Overview

Hannah's Gift tells the story of Hannah Catherine Martell, a young girl who was diagnosed with a rhabdoid tumor of the kidney, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, at age two and died at age three. The author, Maria Housden, is Hannah's mother, and the book documents her struggle to come to terms with her daughter's sickness and inevitable death while making changes in her own life.

Reception

Hannah's Gift has been translated into 13 languages. While some reviewers focus on the book's message of living life to its fullest and as a resource for bereaved parents, others laud it for showcasing Hannah's ability to understand what was happening to her and accept it.

The book includes biblical references and a Christian perspective, but its lessons about love and faith are universal. One reviewer noted that, as a Muslim, her feelings towards Allah were bolstered.

Hannah's Gift has been recommended as a grief-coping book by the BBC, while Hannah herself was the inspiration for an award at the Riley Hospital for Children. Since writing Hannah's Gift, Housden has become a sought-after speaker on the subject of grief.

Aspects

The themes below are used as chapter titles

Publication history

  • Housden, M, Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived, Bantam Books, 2002, ISBN 0-553-80210-0
  • Housden, M, Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived, DIANE Publishing Co., 2002. ISBN 0-7567-8738-6
  • Housden, M. Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. ISBN 0-00-715567-0

Footnotes

  1. "Reading-Addiction.com: Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived". Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  2. "Hannah's Gift by Maria Housden: ThePost.ie". Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  3. ^ "Kara Grief Support and Education for Our Community". Archived from the original on October 5, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  4. "literary 2-03 BOOK REVIEWS". Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  5. "BabyHana-AbiDee-BundaNadNuTs - Hannah's Gift - Lessons from a Life Fully Lived". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  6. "BBC - Relationships - Coping with grief". Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  7. "Hannah's Gift - Riley Hospital for Children". Archived from the original on October 24, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  8. "DOME:Working with Grief". Archived from the original on December 19, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2006.

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