I don't usually sob over books – but this one choked me
up. So be warned if you are
vulnerable. Mitch Albom is a talented
writer. His classic work was Tuesdays
with Morrie.
This little book tells the story of Chika a little
Haitian girl. She came to the orphanage
that the author runs?/supports and she got sick with a rare form of brain
cancer.
So from the get go you know how her story ends – but it
is also a story about how a chlldless first world couple end up a family with
Chika.
I'm sure everyone meant well, but at some points I was
left wondering whether all the treatments were the best route. Sure her life was extended by over a year but….
Let me know what you think.
I knew the ending before I started the book, so perhaps that tempered my reaction, but still a sad story and not only in terms of Chika's cancer diagnosis. As for the aggressive cancer treatments, as someone who has never had to go through this nightmare, I think as a parent you would always hold out the hope that your child might be different and that any potential new treatment might be that one thing that saves your child.
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