“Finding Chika” by Mitch Albom
Published by Harper
I don’t normally review audio books but I’m making an
exception for this one. If you need a book
that will make you cry, this is it. When
Haiti suffered a crippling earthquake in 2010, many children lost parents or
had parents that could no longer take care of them. Mitch Albom stepped up and helped finance the
rebuilding of an orphanage in Port-au-Prince to help house and care for some of
these children. In 2015, one of the
orphans, Chika, was in need of medical testing that wasn’t available anywhere
in Haiti, so he brought her home to Michigan.
Unfortunately, it was found that she had an uncurable form of brain
cancer and given 4 months to live. Mitch
and his wife became her legal guardians, got her treatments, and took care of
her until she died 2 years later at the age of 7. This is their story.
I recommend the audio version because he has included
snippets of recordings of Chika that will put a smile on your face. However, please know that if you decide to
buy the book, all author profits go to his Haitian foundation.
Finished 4/9/26 – 5/5 stars
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