Welcome to 1995, to a corner of the world once known as the Panama Canal Zone.
Come share seventy-six stories of real-time confusion as you witness an ordinary wife, mother, and teacher caught in extraordinary circumstances.
Raised by an Alabama mother who taught her to judge people by their character rather than their position, she expected the best in everyone. Acquaintances became friends—and friends became family—at a pace that was sometimes difficult even for her to keep up with.
What seemed perfectly natural to her, however, looked very different to the people around her.
Trust is called into question as her husband denies her reality. A drug lord’s gratitude casts a shadow over her family. And when the commanding general becomes involved, she begins to wonder whether discernment and authority always go hand in hand.
Now, thirty years later, you have the opportunity to travel back to a time before answers were instantaneous, when communication barriers were not merely linguistic, but cultural.
Tour a place where innocence collides with the U.S. military against the backdrop of a thriving drug trade.
Welcome to Panama, where one teacher discovers that clowns don’t need clearance.