ATODAYShowReadWithJennaBookClubPick!ApowerfulnovelabouttheconstructionofthePanamaCanal,castinglightontheunsungpeoplewholived,loved,andlaboredthereItissaidthatthecanalwillbethegreatestfeatofengineeringinhistory.Butfirst,itmustbebuilt.ForFrancisco,alocalfishermanwhoresentstheforeignpowersclamoringforasliceofhiscountry,nothingismoreupsettingthanthedecisionofhisson,Omar,toworkasadiggerintheexcavationzone.ButforOmar,whoseupbringingwasquietandlonely,thisjoboffersachancetofinallyfindconnection.AdaBuntingisaboldsixteen-year-oldfromBarbadoswhoarrivesinPanamaasastowawayalongsidethousandsofotherWestIndiansseekingwork.Aloneandwithnoresources,sheisdeterminedtofindajobthatwillearnenoughmoneyforherailingsister’ssurgery.Whensheseesayoungman--Omar--whohascollapsedafteragruelingshift,sheistheonlyonewhorushestohisaid.JohnOswaldhasdedicatedhislifetoscientificresearchandhasjourneyedtoPanamainsingle-mindedpursuitofonegoal:eliminatingmalaria.Butnow,hiswife,Marian,hasfallenillherself,andwhenhewitnessesAda’sbraveryandcompassion,hehiresheronthespotasacaregiver.Thisfatefuldecisionsetsinmotionasweepingtaleofambition,loyalty,andsacrifice.Searingandempathetic,TheGreatDivideexplorestheintersectinglivesofactivists,fishmongers,laborers,journalists,neighbors,doctors,andsoothsayers--thoserarelyacknowledgedbyhistoryevenastheycarvedoutitscourse.NamedaMostAnticipatedBookBy:WashingtonPost*BookRiot*ElectricLiterature*LitHub*ELLE*TheMillions*Goodreads*Reader’sDigest
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