Across the Great Divide
Set on the fictitious island of St. George, Across the Great Divide exposes the divisions caused by race and socioeconomic circumstances and explores the ability of the human spirit to bridge the divide. The story chronicles the struggle of ordinary people and their response to the inequities around them. Elizabeth, a recently widowed Canadian school teacher, has come to the small Caribbean island in search of healing. Josef, an impoverished Haitian laborer, is shipwrecked off St. Georges and finds himself struggling to survive in a hostile environment.
Their lives become intertwined as they both care for a Haitian woman dying of AIDS. The unfolding drama takes the reader on a journey through the sweeping landscape of Haiti and probes the quiet recesses of the soul, provoking the reader to examine his own response to the human condition.
Set on the fictitious island of St. George, Across the Great Divide exposes the divisions caused by race and socioeconomic circumstances and explores the ability of the human spirit to bridge the divide. The story chronicles the struggle of ordinary people and their response to the inequities around them. Elizabeth, a recently widowed Canadian school teacher, has come to the small Caribbean island in search of healing. Josef, an impoverished Haitian laborer, is shipwrecked off St. Georges and finds himself struggling to survive in a hostile environment.
Their lives become intertwined as they both care for a Haitian woman dying of AIDS. The unfolding drama takes the reader on a journey through the sweeping landscape of Haiti and probes the quiet recesses of the soul, provoking the reader to examine his own response to the human condition.
Set on the fictitious island of St. George, Across the Great Divide exposes the divisions caused by race and socioeconomic circumstances and explores the ability of the human spirit to bridge the divide. The story chronicles the struggle of ordinary people and their response to the inequities around them. Elizabeth, a recently widowed Canadian school teacher, has come to the small Caribbean island in search of healing. Josef, an impoverished Haitian laborer, is shipwrecked off St. Georges and finds himself struggling to survive in a hostile environment.
Their lives become intertwined as they both care for a Haitian woman dying of AIDS. The unfolding drama takes the reader on a journey through the sweeping landscape of Haiti and probes the quiet recesses of the soul, provoking the reader to examine his own response to the human condition.