Finding Chika by Mitch Albom Summary
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Mitch Albom's #1 NYT bestseller chronicles his journey with Chika, a Haitian orphan with terminal brain cancer who transformed his understanding of family. This poignant memoir shows how love transcends death - inspiring readers to embrace life's most precious connections.
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A Journey Across Borders, Beyond Blood
Mitch Albom never planned to become a father at 57. His life with wife Janine was comfortably settled after decades of marriage without children. Then came Chika - a bold, bright-eyed Haitian girl born three days before the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed 250,000 people. Though the disaster spared her, tragedy still found her when her mother died during childbirth. Eventually, Chika arrived at the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom had impulsively taken over after the earthquake. Unlike most shy orphans, she looked adults straight in the eye with remarkable confidence. When five-year-old Chika developed troubling symptoms - a drooping face and strange walk - the diagnosis in Haiti was blunt: "The child has a mass on her brain... there is no one in Haiti who can help her." What began as a temporary medical journey to America became something far more profound, as this spirited child transformed the lives of a couple who never expected parenthood.
When Medicine Offers No Hope
Wisdom From a Seven-Year Life
Redefining Family Through Love
The Final Lessons of a Fading Light
The Enduring Connection
Love That Transcends Time and Circumstance
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