A review by vistacanas
Come Together, Fall Apart, by Cristina Henriquez

3.0

As a soon-to-be Panama expat, I'm soaking up all I can read about my new country. Come Together, Fall Apart is a book of short stories (and one long one) set in Panamá, mostly in the 1980s. Unlike the other books I've read to date, this one gives a peek into the lives of regular people living in different parts of the country.

In most of the stories, the main character is a young woman dealing with relationship issues. A little warning to men...with little exception, you guys don't come off too well in almost all of the stories. I'm left wondering if this is a cultural thing or purely coming from the author (I tend to suspect the former). Each story also makes it abundantly clear how hot and humid it is there!