{"product_id":"finding-chika-a-little-girl-an-earthquake-and-the-making-of-a-family-mitch-albom-paperback","title":"Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family -- Mitch Albom, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nlove and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no\n\ndoubt become a classic.\" --Mary Karr, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Art of\n\nMemoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom\n\nthe #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\n\nof \u003cem\u003eTuesdays With Morrie\u003c\/em\u003e comes Mitch\n\nAlbom's most personal story to date: an intimate and heartwarming memoir about what\n\nit means to be a family and the young Haitian orphan whose short life would\n\nforever change his heart. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated\n\nHaiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and\n\nwhen her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The\n\nHave Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\nWith no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go\n\nto school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine.\n\nChika's arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a\n\nthree-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says, \"No one in\n\nHaiti can help you with.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\nMitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care can\n\nsoon return her to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of\n\ntheir household, and their lives, as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure. As Chika's boundless optimism and\n\nhumor teach Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learns that a relationship\n\nbuilt on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\nTold in hindsight, and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. Finding Chika is a\n\ncelebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond they\n\nformed--a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family, regardless of how it is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mitch Albom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\" H x 5.3\" L x 0.55\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780062952400\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50518352036144,"sku":"9780062952400","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780062952400.jpg?v=1777867962","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/finding-chika-a-little-girl-an-earthquake-and-the-making-of-a-family-mitch-albom-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}