Best selling author will speak at KSU's PAC

Best selling author will speak at KSU's PAC
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Best selling author, journalist, broadcaster, screenwriter, playwright and musician Mitch Albom will speak at the Kent State University Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center in January.

                        

Best selling author, journalist, broadcaster, screenwriter, playwright and musician Mitch Albom will speak at the Kent State University Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center on Monday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in a fundraiser for Community Hospice.

His latest book, released in November, is “Finding Chika, A Little Girl, An Earthquake and the Making of a Family," and Albom will talk about the book and the life story of the small child who inspired it.

“It is the story of how he and his wife came to take in and look after this little girl,” said David Morris, marketing coordinator at Community Hospice. “Many people will recognize his previous work including ‘Tuesdays With Morrie.’ He’s a very well-known author, and this new book is a story I know many people will be able to appreciate and connect with.”

A VIP reception will begin at 6 p.m., for which tickets are $50 per person. General-admission tickets are $25.

“Finding Chika” begins with a child born into a world destroyed by the Haitian earthquake of 2010. She was just three days old when the quake leveled much of the island, and her mother was plunged into a dire fight for her life and that of her child.

Around Chika’s third birthday, her mother died while giving birth to Chika’s little brother, and it was at this point her life crossed with Albom, who, with his wife Janine, operates the Have Faith Haiti Mission and Orphanage on the Caribbean island.

From the time she arrives at the mission, Chika is a brave and confident child, belying her tiny size and toddler age, and the people at the orphanage are immediately charmed, including the Alboms, who had no children of their own.

Then at age 5 Chika is diagnosed with a serious illness for which no help is available in Haiti. The couple brought her to the United States and sought help in Detroit. The memoir follows the search for treatment, the bond of love formed by the couple and child, and the lessons learned from Chika and her experience.

“Proceeds from the evening will help provide hospice care and support for our facility,” Morris said.

Morris said Community Hospice is hoping for a large turnout to hear Albom speak. “We would love to see 500 or more people come to hear him. He is a major bestselling author, and this is, I think, an important book.”

Albom also is author of the well-known books, “Five People You Meet in Heaven” and “The Next Person You Meet in Heaven,” as well as “Have a Little Faith.” His works have been adapted to the screen and stage, and he is host of the podcast, “Tuesday People.” His books have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and are translated into 47 languages.

Community Hospice has been providing end-of-life care for residents in the area since 1986. Serving Tuscarawas, Stark, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Holmes and surrounding counties, Community Hospice has helped more than 14,500 patients and their families and provides assistance for end-of-life care regardless of a patients' ability to pay.

Tickets to hear Albom speak are on sale at the Performing Arts Center box office. Learn more about Albom at www.mitchalbom.com. Community Hospice is at www.myhospice.org. The PAC box office is available at 330-308-6400 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Performing Arts Center is located at 330 University Drive NE in New Philadelphia.


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