A little girl, an earthquake, and the making of a family.
Mitch Albom is the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, the best-selling memoir of all time. Anyone who has read 'Morrie' or any of Albom's other books, will already know the wonderful way with words he has.
Synopsis
Finding Chika, a little girl, an earthquake and the making of a family is a true story about a young Haitian orphan and how her short life impacts the author and his wife. Mitch and Janine Albom are a childless couple in their 50s with a busy life. In addition to Mitch's writings and his work as a sports writer and radio program host, he & Janine also operate the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage in Port-au-Prince.
At age 3 when little Chika joins the 50 other children in the orphanage her self-assurance and happy outlook quickly charms all the other kids and teachers. Even despite having lived in extreme poverty and then having her mother die and her 2 older sisters and baby brother farmed out to other families, Chika is blessed with boundless optimism and a delightful humor.
Mitch & Janine travel to Haiti and the orphanage every month and get to know Chika, along with the other children. Then, at age 5, Chika is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and there is no one in Haiti who can help her.
The Alboms bring Chika to Detroit, hoping that American medical care can soon grant her a healthy return to her homeland. Sadly, little Chika is found to have a rare brain tumor for which there is no cure. The Alboms are told that Chika probably has 4 months to live.
Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of the Alboms' lives and they embark on a two-year journey to find a cure. Along the way Chika teaches them that a relationship built on love, no matter how short, can never be lost.
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This is a beautifully written memoir that is simply told and becomes a celebration of children and how they change our lives and make us a family.
“A Child is both an anchor and a set of wings. Your pace and space are forever altered.”
~Mitch Albom in Finding Chika.
*Book Review of Finding Chika written by Wednesday Elf
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