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THE GREAT DIVIDE - CRISTINA HENRIQUEZ KARTONIER...

A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal  casting light on the unsung people
who lived  loved  and labored there It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of
engineering in history. But first  it must be built. For Francisco  a local fisherman who
resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country  nothing is more upsetting than
the decision of his son  Omar  to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar  whose
upbringing was quiet and lonely  this job offers a chance to finally find connection. Ada
Bunting is a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados who arrives in Panama as a stowaway alongside
thousands of other West Indians seeking work. Alone and with no resources  she is determined to
find a job that will earn enough money for her ailing sister’s surgery. When she sees a young
man—Omar—who has collapsed after a grueling shift  she is the only one who rushes to his aid.
John Oswald has dedicated his life to scientific research and has journeyed to Panama in
single-minded pursuit of one goal: eliminating malaria. But now  his wife  Marian  has fallen
ill herself  and when he witnesses Ada’s bravery and compassion  he hires her on the spot as a
caregiver. This fateful decision sets in motion a sweeping tale of ambition  loyalty  and
sacrifice. Searing and empathetic The Great Divide explores the intersecting lives of activists
fishmongers  laborers  journalists  neighbors  doctors  and soothsayers—those rarely
acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.

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