{"product_id":"finding-chika","title":"Finding Chika","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA heartbreaking and hopeful story about family, adversity and unconditional love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChika 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChika'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMitch 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=mitch+albom\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eMore books by Mitch Albom\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Mitch Albom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127094677673,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/chika.jpg?v=1649560259","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/finding-chika","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}