a little girl, an earthquake, and the making of a family Albom, Mitch 1958- creator author. text biography nyu 2019 First edition. monographic eng

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243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Chika 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 author Mitch Albom operates in Port Au Prince. 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." Albom and his wife, Janine, bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care will soon grant her a healthy return to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of the Alboms' lives, as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure. Mitch Albom. Jeune, Chika Albom, Mitch Orphans Haiti Biography Families HV1061 .A43 2019 362.7/780097294 B 9780062952394 190301 20191119115749.0 1088521633