Finding Chika: A heart-breaking and hopeful story about family, adversity and unconditional love
By (Author) Mitch Albom
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
10th November 2020
10th November 2020
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Natural disasters
Poverty and precarity
972.94073092
Paperback
256
Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm
182g
FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER WHOSE BOOKS HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 40 MILLION READERS
'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecilia Ahern__________Chika Jeune came into Mitch Albom's life by chance. Growing up in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haiti Earthquake, at three years old she tragically lost her mother and was brought to the orphanage run by Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika made a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, she delighted those around her. But everything changed when Chika was diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could treat. This discovery sparked a two-year, around-the-world journey in search of a cure. As Chika's boundless optimism and humour taught Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learned that a relationship built on love can never be lost.__________WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT FINDING CHIKA'A powerful, emotional story''If you read one book this year, make it this one!''A beautifully written book, heart-breaking and uplifting in equal measure''An amazing journey of determination and love''I laughed, I cried, and just couldn't put it down'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 - 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 OnlineMitch Albom breaks hearts with his story - MirrorA heartbreaking story of love, grief and what it really means to be a family - Daily ExpressA beautiful, heart-breaking, heart-warming read - My WeeklyMitch Albom is an internationally bestselling author, screenwriter, playwright, and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven consecutive number one New York Times bestsellers and has sold over forty million copies of his books in forty-seven languages worldwide, including Tuesdays with Morrie, which is one of the bestselling memoirs of all time.
Albom also works as a columnist and broadcaster and has founded nine charities in Detroit and operates an orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.