Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in extreme poverty,and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother,Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Mitch and his wife,Janine operate.
Chika's arrival made a quick impression. Brave and self-assured,even as a three-year-old,she delighted the other kids and teachers. But at age five,Chika was suddenly diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could help with.
Mitch and Janine took Chika to America,hoping that treatment there would enable her to go back home. Instead,Chika became a permanent part of their lives,as they embarked on a two-year,around-the-world journey to find a cure. As Chika's boundless optimism and humour taught Mitch the joys of caring for a child,he learnt that a relationship built on love,no matter what blows it takes,can never be lost.
This is Mitch Albom at his most poignant,powerful and personal. Chika is a celebration of a girl,her adoptive guardians,and the incredible bond they formed - a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family,regardless of how it is made.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780751571943Number of pages: 256Weight: 182 gDimensions: 198 x 126 x 20 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Uplifting...Although Finding Chika makes for heart-wrenching reading,it is also a tale of resilience and decency - and the memorable cheerfulness of a dying child'- The Independent
'Heartrending...A touching rumination on the magic of children,the extraordinary lengths parents will go for them and the unlikely family that came together across continents'- Mail Online
'Mitch Albom breaks hearts with his story'- The Mirror
'A heartbreaking story of love,grief and what it really means to be a family'- The Daily Express
'A beautiful,heart-breaking,heart-warming read'- My Weekly
Mitch Albom
The seeds of his 1997 phenomenon Tuesdays With Morrie lay in Albom reconnecting with his sometime sociology professor Morrie Schwartz,and the result was a slim volume of conversations that struck a deep chord with the American public. Albom's continued his success with 2003's The Five People You Meet in Heaven,and has explored similar themes of fate and redemption over the books that followed.
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