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

Resumen del libro

Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Mitch and his wife, Janine operate. Chika's arrival made a quick impression.

Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delighted the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika was suddenly diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could help with. Mitch and Janine took Chika to America, hoping that treatment there would enable her to go back home.

Instead, Chika became a permanent part of their lives, as they embarked on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure. As Chika's boundless optimism and humour taught Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learnt that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost. This is Mitch Albom at his most poignant, powerful and personal.

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.

Biografía del autor

Con más de cuarenta millones de ejemplares vendidos en el mundo y traducido a cuarenta y dos idiomas, Mitch Albom es sin duda uno de los autores contemporáneos más influyentes. Nacido en Nueva Jersey en 1958, Albom empezó su vida profesional como músico antes de interesarse por el periodismo. Comenzó a trabajar en Nueva York, y se convirtó rápidamente en uno de los periodistas en uno de los periodistas deportivos más populares del país. En 1995, se reencontró con Morrie Schwartz, un antiguo profesor suyo aquejado de una grave enfermedad. De sus conversaciones con Morrie, nació Martes con mi viejo profesor, un libro inolvidable que catapultó a Mitch Albom al estrellato literario. Sus obras siguientes, Las cinco personas que encontrarás en el cielo y Un día más han confirmado su original talento y su facilidad para acceder al corazón de lectores del mundo entero. Albom es miembro de numerosas organizaciones benéficas y ha fundado tres instituciones en la zona de Detroit. Vive con su esposa Janine en Michigan.