Hannah’s Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived

Transformative lessons in life learnt through a remarkable three-year-old girls battle with cancer. From Hannahs story emerge five profound lessons – of truth joy faith compassion and wonder – that have the power to change our lives.Every once in a while a book comes along that can change your life – a book so special it is destined not just to be read but to be cherished to be passed from one reader to another as a precious gift. Filled with wisdom and grace tears and laughter Hannahs Gift is one such book. Maria Housden shares the transformative lessons in living she received from her three-year-old daughter Hannah who brought courage honesty and joy to her struggle with cancer.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 Hannahs indomitable spirit Maria Housden offers the gift of her daughters last year to all of us. In a lyrically told narrative both moving and unforgettable Housden recounts Hannahs battle with cancer in simple straightforward language that transcends grief and fear to become a celebration.Hannahs 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.