The Great Divide by Cristina HenríquezMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is an historical fiction novel about the individuals involved with the building of the Panama Canal from 1907-1913. We meet Francisco who is a fisherman, his son Omar who decides to work on the canal, young Ada who travels from Barbados to earn money for her sister's needed operation, and many more individuals who form this cast of characters. It may be helpful to keep an ongoing list of the cast of characters and how they relate to one another.
This was a book club selection, and I was eager to find out more about the actual history and building of the canal. However, the book focused instead on quite a few individuals involved with the canal, both working directly on the building of it as well as peripherally. I liked the fact that the author included a map of the area involved. I certainly didn't realize that the Pacific Ocean is actually east of the Atlantic Ocean at the isthmus of Panama.
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