"Stay away from the mangroves. You won't find your way home."When Tiaris is flung back in time, while visiting a mangrove swamp after moving to Panama, she must learn to survive. Trapped in 1906 during the building of the canal, she finds her footing with the help of a resourceful Barbadian labourer and a fearless Panamanian herbalist. Amid racial segregation and gender roles that clash with her modern beliefs, Tiaris discovers the wonders of the tropics and the st...