Chika’s birthday bittersweet, 10 years after Haiti earthquake
She would have turned 10 last week. We would have had a big party, a big cake, all her friends, all our relatives. There would have been presents and candles and a very loud Happy Birthday song, and too many people would have asked her, “How does it feel to be double...#FindingChika Tour Dates Continue in 2020
The book tour for Finding Chika continues with events starting in January through the spring, primarily consisting of ticketed fundraisers that include a signed hardcover copy of the book. [ai1ec view=”agenda” tag_name=”chika”]
Time is such a heartless thief
DUBLIN, IRELAND — I am writing this from a Dublin hotel room. The weather is dark and dreary, thick clouds with a misty rain. It shouldn’t surprise me. Margaret Daly is no longer here to brighten the Irish sky. I’ve been coming to Ireland to promote my books since the...
Web Exclusives: Read Excerpt from ‘Finding Chika’ and Watch This from CBS Sunday Morning
Published today in the Detroit Free Press! In 2013, author and Free Press columnist Mitch Albom admitted a young girl named Chika Jeune into the orphanage he operates in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Little Chika was born three days before the massive earthquake of...
Tour Dates Announced for “Finding Chika”
Most of the following events are ticketed and include a signed hardcover copy of the book, and some even raise funds for DIPG research and other great causes in celebration of the release of Finding Chika, in stores November 5, 2019. More events in...
‘Finding Chika’ a “Most Anticipated Listen”
Audible’s Fall Preview has some great round ups of the most eagerly anticipated fall listens in several categories, and “Finding Chika” is featured! As he has done with all of his books except for The Time Keeper, which was read by Downton Abbey...
New book, ‘Chika’ to publish November 2019
****#1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR MITCH ALBOM returns to nonfiction with CHIKA: A little girl, an earthquake, and the making a family**** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, NY – February 19, 2019) – In November 2019 Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will...On Writing the Personal on the SI Media Podcast
WRITERS ALERT: Episode 132 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Mitch Albom in conversation with host Richard Deitsch, discussing the most personal piece he’s ever written—the story of the five-year-old girl Mitch and his wife, Janine, brought to the...
Chika’s Story
A fight to cure the incurable: A Haitian child’s struggle with rare brain cancer inspires strangers, teaches doctors, and creates an unlikely family.
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