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The great divide [large print] : a novel / Cristina Henríquez.

Summary:

"It is said that the Panama Canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman, 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 arrives in Panama as a stowaway, determined to earn enough money for her sister's surgery back in Barbados. When an American malaria researcher named John Oswald witnesses Ada performing an act of selfless bravery, he hires her on the spot as a caregiver for his ailing wife. This fateful decision sets in motion a 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 achknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063385337
  • Physical Description: 500 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: First Harper edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Subject: Canals > Design and construction > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Poor > Fiction.
Working class > Fiction.
Immigrants > Panama > Fiction.
Imperialism > Fiction.
Panama Canal (Panama) > History > Fiction.
Canal Zone > History > Fiction.
Genre: Proletarian fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 11 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield LP Henriquez (Text) 38955500125274 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Columbus Library LP F HEN (Text) 31250200089360 Adult Large Print New Fiction In transit -
Cumberland Headquarters LP HENRIQUEZ (Text) 31781068880903 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Greene County Public Library LT HENRIQUEZ (Text) 39149003443033 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Jacksonville Main Library LP FIC HENRIQUEZ (Text) 36015001915228 Adult Large Print New Fiction Available -
Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library LT HENRIQUEZ (Text) 39149003443140 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library LP FIC HEN (Text) 31421621443150 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Pink Hill Public Library LT HENRIQUEZ (Text) 39149003443256 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Robeson County Public Library F HENRIQUEZ (Text) 34510000705382 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Statesville Main Library L.P. HENRIQUEZ (Text) 33114018763334 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -