The Woods Hole Public Library Armchair Traveler Book Group will head to Panama in January with a discussion of The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez. This novel centers on the time period during the building of the Panama Canal and sheds light on the people who lived, loved, and labored there. There is much that has been written about the engineering feat of the construction of the Panama Canal, but in order to truly understand a sense of the place, it is important to think about the lives of those who were affected by this monumental undertaking. 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. The discussion will take place on Saturday, January 18, at 3pm at the Woods Hole Public Library. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Library and all are welcome to attend.
