{"product_id":"book-dcdj","title":"Finding Chika","description":"\u003cp\u003eBestselling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChika 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith no children of their own, the forty-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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitch 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in hindsight and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. \u003cem\u003eFinding Chika\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344558367024,"sku":"ZEdcdj","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344558399792,"sku":"ZMdcdj","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dcdj-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776124696","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dcdj","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}