Finalist for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction
\n&ldquo\;Is home the place where we are born? Or is it the place where we die?&rdquo\; These questions haunt Magnolia\, a success ful Haitian American real estate agent in Miami. When she hears gunfire wh ile at a shopping mall\, she takes shelter in a nearby restaurant\, coweri ng with fellow shoppers and diners. Once she&rsquo\;s safely home\, Magnol ia keeps this traumatic event from everyone. But given her life back\, she begins to see everything her extraordinary bond with her daughter\, Zo&eu ml\;\; her nearly broken relationship with Zoë\;&rsquo\;s father\; the challenges of her mentally troubled mother\, whose unraveling patterns Ma gnolia worries she&rsquo\;s spiraling toward herself\; and her father&rsqu o\;s affair with a woman who has borne him a child. While struggling throu gh the labyrinth of her past\, Magnolia must also come to terms with the l osses sustained that life-altering day\, and nearly every day by her paren ts and sibling in Haiti.
\nCan love or family protect us from harm? Does optimism or fear win out in one&rsquo\;s heart? Which side will preva il for Magnolia? Pulled between these questions\, each of which involves a high-stakes choice&mdash\;Miami or Haiti\, single or married\, mortal or ghost\, before or after&mdash\;Magnolia is a narrator who is &ldquo\;yon p ati koukouy\, part firefly&rdquo\;: flitting and shimmering between differ ent worlds.
\nTaking as its title a Haitian Kreyò\;l word for mourning\, Dè\;y is a profoundly warm and moving novel about the imp ortance not only of sharing grief but also of inseverable family ties. Bra ve and striking\, Dè\;y is one of Danticat&rsquo\;s most powerful an d deeply affecting works yet\, told with her signature &ldquo\;unfaltering voice and evocative beauty&rdquo\; (The Boston Globe).
\nExplore Dey \;at the Broward County Library.
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