Set My Store
menu
Cart
{ "item_title" : "Finding Chika", "item_author" : [" "], "item_description" : "Best-selling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction for thefirst 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 byMitch Albom with Chika's voice featured throughout. Chika Jeune was born three daysbefore the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent herinfancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died givingbirth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanagethat Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the40-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have becomefamily 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 kidsand teachers. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something adoctor there says no one in Haiti can help you with. Mitch and Janine bring Chika toDetroit, hopeful that American medical care can soon return her to herhomeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their household, and theirlives, 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 achild, he learns that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows ittakes, can never be lost. Told in hindsight, and throughilluminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his mostpoignant and vulnerable. Finding Chika is acelebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond theyformed - a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family,regardless of how it is made.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/audiobook/24/24/9780062952424_CD286061_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "19.99", "our_price" : "19.99", "club_price" : "19.99", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "discount_pct" : "10", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00" } }
Finding Chika|Albom, Mitch

Finding Chika : A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

Digital Audiobook
Listen in the BAM! Audiobooks App
Purchases appear in the BAM Audiobooks App. Available in iOS or Android Device. Stream or Download Audiobooks for Offline Listening. How it works


Overview

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.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780062952424
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish Date: Nov 2019
  • Author: Mitch Albom
  • Narrator: Mitch Albom
  • Duration: 04:54:00

BAM Customer Reviews