'Is home the place where we are born? Or is it the place where we die?'

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 daughter's birthday gift.

Once she's 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 time - the extraordinary bond she has with her teenage daughter, Zoe; the nearly broken relationship she has with her partner, Harrison; the ghost-haunted mind of her mentally unwell mother; her father's immense pain and his reason for seeking solace in the arms of a mistress. As Magnolia struggles through the labyrinth of her past, she must also come to terms with the losses sustained that traumatic day.

Taking as its title the Haitian Kreyol word for mourning, Dey celebrates the complexity of life in a brave and striking novel that is one of Danticat's most powerful and deeply affecting works yet.

About the Author
Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times Notable Book; Brother, I'm Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah's Book Club selection; and Krik? Krak! also a National Book Award finalist. A 2018 Neustadt International Prize for Literature winner and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.

Reviews
Danticat delivers a resounding testament to the strength gained by sharing, whether in celebration, fear, grief, or family memories. This delicate and wonderful novel draws beauty from heartache. * Publisher's Weekly *
[A] beautiful exploration of migration, gentrification and political instability. * NPR *
A searching work from one of our most gifted and consistent writers. * The Boston Globe *
Danticat's sentences are amazing. * Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker *
In graceful, gimlet-eyed prose, Edwidge Danticat stares down preconceptions of family and belonging, lending her novel propulsion and promise. * Time *
Edwidge Danticat's first novel in over a decade is a pristine account of the slowly unfolding aftereffects of shock * New York Magazine *
Edwidge Danticat probes the ideas of safety, home, and survival all while examining the consequences of not speaking about one's pain * Vulture *
I love an author who knows how to emotionally wreck me, and few do it better than Edwidge Danticat . . . Danticat is a writer of both nuance and emotional force, and in Dey, she captures both * Chicago Review of Books *
Edwidge Danticat is back (after a decade!) with this powerful narrative of trauma, family and home. I was hooked from the first page, and while the story slows down, it flows beautifully and thoughtfully. With Haitian language and diaspora woven throughout, Dey is an evocative reflection on contemporary violence and grief * Ms. Magazine *
A powerful study of motherhood, nationhood, and violence * Kirkus *



Book Information
ISBN 9781529452389
Author Edwidge Danticat
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint riverrun
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 440g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 162mm * 28mm