Finding Chika
A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
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Mitch Albom
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Mitch Albom
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Best-selling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction for the first time in more than a decade in this poignant memoir that celebrates Chika, a young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart.
Performed by Mitch Albom with Chika’s voice featured throughout.
Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince.
With no children of their own, the 40-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika’s arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-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 Haiti can help you with."
Mitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care can soon return her to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their 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 humor teach Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learns that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost.
Told in hindsight, and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. Finding 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.
©2019 Mitch Albom (P)2019 HarperAudioWhat listeners say about Finding Chika
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- 2020-05-20
Touched my heart
Just like Tuesday’s with Morris , Finding Chika touched my heart in more ways than one . A beautiful book about family and the unconditional love associated to it .
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- Professional Commuter
- 2020-05-22
This Audiobook Made Me Cry...
When I finished this audiobook, I burst into tears. Including Chika's voice and singing just tugged at my heart and I just loved it. You'll sink into it and cry when it ends. If you're okay with that, go listen to it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-09-21
Heart warming and heart breaking! ❤
I loved that it was narrated by the author...It made it so personal and so beautiful. At times it felt like Mitch was holding back tears😪❤
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- Tcaron
- 2020-02-22
May God bless you Chika
An amazing story about life that you for the lesson Chika you taught us how to love and how to laugh, even when life gets hard.
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- Wilber
- 2020-04-05
Finding Chika
This book was incredible! At sometimes it was difficult to read about Chika’s suffering, but It was hard to
put the book down. The child expressed such joy. Mitch And Jeanine became incredible parents.
I recommend this book to everyone who has ever loved a child; to anyone who has suffered a loss.
Be prepared to laugh, Neverless, and you will understand the significance of that word, be prepared be prepared to weep.
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- Kaley
- 2020-09-17
Heart-warming and Heart breaking all in one
Mitch has such a easy flow way of writing that it made this true storey of such a beautiful inspiring little girl feel that much more real. it helps bring meaning to life.
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- Keri M
- 2019-12-01
Incredibly moving!
I have been a fan of Mitch Albom for a long time, starting with Tuesdays with Morrie. finding chika is an amazing wonderful story that I have enjoyed thoroughly! thank you for sharing Mitch and Janine Albom. And thank you chika for bringing joy to so many lives!
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-08-23
From your biggest fan who’s indebted to your genius
You’ve done it again Mitch. The simple eloquence of your stories brings me to tears in each of your books.
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- Stephanie Paterson
- 2019-12-10
beautiful.
I cried several times throughout this beautiful story of a little girl who was a fighter.
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- Dr. Alaa Serry
- 2022-09-01
A touching real story that you should read. Enjoy!
Loved it. Hope it will shed some lights on the human spirit deep within you.
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