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!
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!