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Come Together, Fall Apart by Cristina Henríquez; OverDrive, Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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With eight short stories and a novella that travel from dusty city streets to humid beaches, Cristina Henríquez carves out a distinctive and unforgettable vision of contemporary Panama. The stories of Come Together, Fall Apart combine to create a seamless fictional world in which the varied landscapes and shifting culture of a country in transition—and the insistent voices of its young people—are vividly represented. In “Yanina,” a young man’s fidelity is tested when a new living situation strains his relationship with his girlfriend. For the young woman in “Ashes,” the very notion of fidelity is shattered—and her lover’s philandering is only one link in a chain of traumatic events that begins with her mother’s death. In “Mercury,” an American girl visits her grandparents in Panama while her parents divorce at home, and attempts to connect with her ailing grandfather in broken Spanish that he’ll never understand. Again and again, characters find their fates irrevocably tied to those of their families—in “Beautiful,” as fortunes rise; and in “Come Together, Fall Apart,” as they collapse. These are stories of family bonds and generational conflicts, youthful infatuation and genuine

Who reads Come Together, Fall Apart?

Author

Cristina Henríquez; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101121252

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (245 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14