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A review by jheher
Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom
4.0
Get your tissue box ready - this is a sweet, tender story that will bring tears to your eyes.
Through a series of events, Mitch and his wife Janine find themselves running an orphanage in Port au Prince Haiti shortly after the 2010 earthquake. Life is a struggle in Haiti but Albom manages to keep his American life separate from the orphanage until one little girl, Chika (pronounced Cheeka) Jeune, falls ill and needs help that cannot be found in Haiti. Albom brings Chika home to Detroit MI and instantly the three become a family.
While Chika's medical needs are never far from the storyline the book centers on how Chika impacted Mitch and Janine and how they learned what it means to be a family in the midst of the overwhelming needs of this little girl. They learn how love expands and changes hue as a couple care for a child, even one that isn't theirs.
If you listen to the audiobook you get to hear recordings of Chika in her daily interactions with Mitch and Janine. These demonstrate the force of nature in this little girl and show why she was able to wrap this childless couple around her little finger. She's a real pistol!
I love the line near the end "... you can never lose a child..."
The tears you will shed will be well worth it.
Through a series of events, Mitch and his wife Janine find themselves running an orphanage in Port au Prince Haiti shortly after the 2010 earthquake. Life is a struggle in Haiti but Albom manages to keep his American life separate from the orphanage until one little girl, Chika (pronounced Cheeka) Jeune, falls ill and needs help that cannot be found in Haiti. Albom brings Chika home to Detroit MI and instantly the three become a family.
While Chika's medical needs are never far from the storyline the book centers on how Chika impacted Mitch and Janine and how they learned what it means to be a family in the midst of the overwhelming needs of this little girl. They learn how love expands and changes hue as a couple care for a child, even one that isn't theirs.
If you listen to the audiobook you get to hear recordings of Chika in her daily interactions with Mitch and Janine. These demonstrate the force of nature in this little girl and show why she was able to wrap this childless couple around her little finger. She's a real pistol!
I love the line near the end "... you can never lose a child..."
The tears you will shed will be well worth it.