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Dèy : A Novel.
Moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, 'Dey' is the story of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day. Book Club.
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- ISBN: 9780593803523
- Physical Description: 256 pages
- Publisher: Canada : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2026.
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From the bestselling author of Everything Inside comes a vivid, timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day.
âIs home the place where we are born? Or is it the place where we die?â These questions haunt Magnolia, a successful Haitian American real estate agent in Miami, after she hears the terrifying sounds of gunfire while shopping for her daughterâs first-ever cellphone; she takes shelter in a restaurant called Oasis, cowering with fellow shoppers and diners, each praying to their respective gods.
Once sheâs safely home, Magnolia hides the fact that she was at the mall shooting from everyone close to her. But given her life back, she begins to see it all clearly, and as if for the first timeâwhat the extraordinary bond she has with her daughter, Zoë, really means to her, and what Zoë may feel in return; what the nearly broken relationship she has with her partner, Harrison, has cost her, despite his love for her and their daughter; why her mentally troubled motherâwhose unraveling patterns Magnolia worries sheâs spiraling toward herselfâmight be so ghost-haunted; what the source of her fatherâs pain, and his reason for seeking solace in the arms of a mistress, really is. As Magnolia struggles through the labyrinth of her past, she must also come to terms with the losses sustained that traumatic day, losses that we all bear witness to all too often in our troubling times.
Can love, can family protect us from harm? Does optimism or fear win out in oneâs heart, oneâs soul? Which side will win out for Magnoliaâand where does she really belong? Pulled between these questions, and her beloved, high-stakes choices and worldsâMiami or Haiti, single or married, mortal or ghost, before or afterâMagnolia is one of the most compelling characters that Danticat has ever createdâa narrator who is âyon pati koukouy, part fireflyâ: shimmering, flitting between choices, drawn to the light yet emitting their own.
Taking its title for the Creole word for mourning, Dèy is a profoundly warm and moving novel about the importance of sharing grief and leave-taking, but also of the ties of familyâtakeout dinners around a table, fresh dirt on a plantâs roots in the garden, swimming together in the azure seas. As Magnolia questions whether all has not yet been lost, Dèy celebrates the complexity of life in a brave and striking novel that is one of Danticatâs most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with a signature âunfaltering voice and evocative beautyâ (The Boston Globe).
