The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez

Format & Condition: Hardback, excellent
Genre: Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction

As the Panama Canal takes shape, workers, migrants, and local families find their lives transformed by a project that promises progress while demanding enormous sacrifice. Their intersecting stories reveal the ambition, courage, and personal costs behind one of history’s most extraordinary engineering achievements.

A Read With Jenna selection from the acclaimed author of The Book of Unknown Americans, this novel brings overlooked lives to the center of a familiar historical milestone. I recommend it for its fascinating setting, compassionate storytelling, and attention to the people whose contributions rarely make it into the history books.