Hannah's Choice: A Daughter's Love for Life. The Mother Who Let Her Make the Hardest Decision of All. (Paperback) By (author) Kirsty Jones, By (author) Hannah Jones

Full bibliographic data for Hannah's Choice

Title

Hannah's Choice

Subtitle

A Daughter's Love for Life. The Mother Who Let Her Make the Hardest Decision of All.

Authors and contributors

By (author) Kirsty Jones, By (author) Hannah Jones

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
Width: 130 mm
Height: 197 mm
Thickness: 198 mm
Weight: 313 g

Audience

General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780007342365
ISBN 10: 0007342365

Classifications

Dewey: 362.196120092
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T4.0A
BISAC category code: BIO017000
BICMainSubject: BM
Dewey: 362.19892994190092
LC classification: CT

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint name

Harpertrue

Publication date

18 March 2010

Publication City/Country

London/GB

Main description

The moving and inspirational true story of one little girl's battle against the medical odds and a mother's unwavering love for her daughter When her daughter Hannah was only four years old, Kirsty Jones received the news that no mother ever wants to hear. Her little girl had leukemia. But Kirsty knew that Hannah was a fighter, and after grueling chemotherapy she beat the disease. But there was more trauma to come: the chemotherapy drugs had damaged Hannah's heart. At first, doctors hoped that Hannah's body would compensate for the damaged muscle, but when Hannah was only twelve her heart failed without warning. As her life hung in the balance, doctors advised that Hannah's only chance of survival was a heart transplant, but the operation was very risky and the anti-rejection drugs might bring back the leukaemia. Kirsty knew one thing: Hannah deserved to decide her own destiny. Wise beyond her years after learning to cope with so much, Hannah made her choice: she did not want the transplant. She'd had enough of hospitals and wanted to be at home with her family. Then in July 2009, the right side of Hannah's heart completely stopped working and her kidneys started to fail. Days later Hannah celebrated her 14th birthday?a milestone she was never expected to reach?and Hannah was ready to make a different choice. She agreed to have the transplant. Now Kirsty and Hannah tell their unique story and, with wit and honesty, their interweaving voices describe how facing and overcoming death has taught them so much about living. Filled with wisdom and grace, tears and laughter, Hannah's Choice is about beating the odds and finding joy in each day.

Biographical note

Hannah Jones loves Zac Efron, playing on her Nintendo DS and anything pink. She is like any other fourteen-year-old girl except that she has already faced not one but two life-threatening illnesses: diagnosed first with leukaemia aged four, the drugs given to treat her cancer caused a rare side effect and damaged her heart. Because of the risks involved, Hannah initially refused a heart transplant but two years later changed her mind as she prepared to celebrate a birthday doctors had never thought she'd see. In August 2009, Hannah was successfully given a new heart at Great Ormond Street Hospital and has since returned home to be with her family. Kirsty Jones, Hannah's mother, is a trained nurse. She and her husband Andrew have tirelessly supported Hannah's decisions and live with their four children on their farm in Herefordshire.

Review quote

'An inspirational story about beating the odds, living life to the full and never giving up on life and each other.' Excelle