{"product_id":"finding-chika-a-little-girl-an-earthquake-and-the-making-of-a-family-isbn-9780062952394","title":"Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of\u003cbr\u003elove and loss. You can’t help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no\u003cbr\u003edoubt become a classic.” --Mary Karr, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Liars’ Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Art of\u003cbr\u003eMemoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom\u003cbr\u003ethe #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003eof \u003cem\u003eTuesdays With Morrie\u003c\/em\u003e comes Mitch\u003cbr\u003eAlbom’s most personal story to date: an intimate and heartwarming memoir about what\u003cbr\u003eit means to be a family and the young Haitian orphan whose short life would\u003cbr\u003eforever change his heart. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated\u003cbr\u003eHaiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and\u003cbr\u003ewhen her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The\u003cbr\u003eHave Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go\u003cbr\u003eto school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine.\u003cbr\u003eChika’s arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a\u003cbr\u003ethree-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five,\u003cbr\u003eChika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says, “No one in\u003cbr\u003eHaiti can help you with.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care can\u003cbr\u003esoon return her to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of\u003cbr\u003etheir household, and their lives, as they embark on a two-year,\u003cbr\u003earound-the-world journey to find a cure. As Chika’s boundless optimism and\u003cbr\u003ehumor teach Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learns that a relationship\u003cbr\u003ebuilt on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in hindsight, and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself,\u003cbr\u003ethis is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. Finding Chika is a\u003cbr\u003ecelebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond they\u003cbr\u003eformed—a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family,\u003cbr\u003eregardless of how it is made.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe takeaway from this simple, moving memoir is that love has no boundaries and should not be hindered by ethnicity, religion, education, or money.A highly expressive, tender story about how “families are like pieces of art, they can be made from many materials. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbom conveys the heartbreak of watching her suffer (Chika endured surgeries, and lost teeth and hair), while capturing Chika’s sweet spirit and youthful resilience. He speaks candidly about being too career-focused and putting off having kids until it was too late, and shares how Chika allowed him and his wife to experience the glory of parenthood decades into their marriage. Albom addresses Chika directly: “You never have to worry about us forgetting you... we’d lose every memory we ever had before we would let go of yours.” Both painfully sad and beautiful, this is an absolute tearjerker. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a story of such heart-wrenching beauty that you think it would take a Mitch Albom to compose it. But Albom is more than the author, for it was his own heart that was broken open by the surprising arrival and excruciating departure of a dazzling little Haitian girl named Chika—who became, in every way that matters, his and his wife’s precious daughter — and it is his own life he seeks to patch back together in the telling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa Fay Greene, two-time Nation a l Book Award finalist and author of There Is No Me Without You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can’t help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club and The Art of Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbom’s memoir is a lens into his grief but also a celebration of Chika’s spirit and lessons gleaned from their time together as a family. The heartbreaking but uplifting story is a testament to the bravery and resilience of children and the power of love. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889028722917,"sku":"NP9780062952394","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062952394.jpg?v=1730230343","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/finding-chika-a-little-girl-an-earthquake-and-the-making-of-a-family-isbn-9780062952394","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}