HANGING BY A THREAD - THE JOURNEY OF A LITTLE GIRL AND HER MOTHER FROM DEATH TO LIFE

This book charts the course of Elissa Bjeletich and her daughter of just 4 months from severe illness to health. The family’s struggle began when little Mariana was found to be suffering from liver failure. This is not a novel about grief and suspense but a true story of hope, faith and love, with a happy ending.

 With reviews by:

- Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou, Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases at Athens University Medical School

- Father Vasileios Kontoyannis, chaplain at the Ippokrateion Hospital and director of the Voluntary Ministry for the Sick, Archiepiscopate  of Athens

- Andreas Karabinis, Pathologist and Intensivist at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre

- Serafim Nana, Professor of Pathology and Intensive Care Medicine at Athens University Medical School

Ultimately, the soul which ‘discovers’ the Love of God in its prosaic everyday life, can do no other than seek each day for ways to come to know it better by ministering to those who are suffering.     Father Vasileios Kontoyannis

The book ‘Hanging by a Thread’ is one of those books that can inspire the reader and act as a pathfinder in his spiritual search.      Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou

This book proves in the most dramatic way that tissue and organ transplants donated by humans are a unique achievement of modern medicine, thanks to which thousands of patients who have been condemned to death, like little Mariana, today live a normal life after receiving organs from their fellow-humans. They are the ultimate expression of human love and solidarity, giving life in exchange for death.       Andreas Karabinis

A gripping read and a true story about the experience of severe long-term illness and death, with a profoundly Christian ethos. A book which challenges all of us and is particularly instructive for any health professional.     Serafim Nanas

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