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Dèy: A Novel by Edwidge Danticat is a literary family story moving between Haiti, Brooklyn, and Miami. The novel centers on Magnolia, a successful Haitian American real estate agent living in Miami, whose understanding of family, identity, and home changes after she experiences a random act of violence.

While shopping for her daughter’s birthday, Magnolia hears gunfire at a Florida shopping mall and hides in a nearby restaurant. After surviving the incident, she chooses not to tell her family what happened. Yet the experience forces her to reconsider her life, including her deep relationship with her teenage daughter Zoë, her increasingly fragile relationship with her partner Harrison, her mother’s mental health struggles, and her father’s painful relationship with another woman.

Taking its title from the Haitian Kreyòl word for mourning, Dèy explores grief, family, migration, belonging, identity, violence, and the meaning of home. Through Magnolia’s personal journey, the novel examines how traumatic experiences can change our understanding of ourselves and the people to whom we remain connected.