Hannah's Gift 3398044 129954397 2007-05-10T22:39:39Z JadeyPL 4367252 /* Overview */ {{Orphan|date=October 2006}} {{Infobox_Book | name = Hannah's Gift - Lessons From a Life Fully Lived | image = [[Image:Hannahs Gift book cover.jpg|180px|Hannah's Gift book cover]] | author = [[Maria Housden]] | cover_artist = | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | subject = | genre = Inspiration | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] (reprint) | release_date = February [[2002 in literature|2002]] | media_type = Print ([[Paperback]]) | pages = 240 | isbn = [[Special:Booksources/0007155670|0007155670]] }} '''''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 rare and aggressive form of kidney [[cancer]] at age two, and died at age four. 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 that she never thought possible. ==Reception== Reactions to ''Hannah's Gift'' have been largely positive. 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|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</ref> and 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|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</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|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</ref><ref name="chronogram">{{cite web |url= http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2003/02/feature/book_reviews.html|title= literary 2-03 BOOK REVIEWS|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</ref> The book's religious overtones in dealing with death have been a point of contention for some readers. While one critic was perturbed by the [[Christian]] perspective, she did acknowledge that she was perhaps not the target audience for the book.<ref name="reading-addiction" /> Another reviewer noted that, as a [[Muslim]], her feelings towards [[Allah]] were bolstered, regardless of the Christian message.<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|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</ref> ''Hannah's Gift'' has been recommended as a grief-coping book by the [[BBC]],<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/relationships/coping_with_grief/furtherreading_index.shtml|title= BBC - Relationships - Coping with grief|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</ref> while Hannah herself was the inspiration for an award at the [[Riley Hospital for Children]].<ref name="riley">{{cite web |url= http://rileychildrenshospital.com/document.jsp?locid=2374|title= Hannah's Gift - Riley Hospital for Children|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</ref> Since writing ''Hannah's Gift'', Housden has become a sought-after speaker on the subject of grieving parents.<ref name="kara" /><ref name="hopkinsmedicine">{{cite web |url= http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0603/news_report1.cfm|title= DOME:Working with Grief|accessmonthday= October 20 |accessyear= 2006}}</ref> ==Aspects== The themes below are used as chapter titles * [[truth]] * [[joy]] * [[faith]] * [[compassion]] * [[wonder]] ==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, 2002, ''Hannah's Gift - Lessons from a life fully lived''.,London, Harper Collins Publishers --> * Housden, M. ''Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived'' Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. ISBN 0-00-715567-0 ==Footnotes== <div class="references-small"> <references /> </div> ==External links== * [http://www.hannahsgift.com/ ''Hannah's Gift''] official site (includes ''"The Heart of Hannah's Gift"'' forum) [[Category:2002 books|Hannah's Gift]]