Description
After surviving a mass shooting at a Miami shopping mall, Haitian American real estate agent Magnolia Elie keeps the experience to herself—even as it reshapes the way she sees her daughter, her fractured relationship with her child’s father, and the family she supports from afar in Haiti. As she moves through Miami’s rapidly changing neighborhoods and confronts her mother’s mental decline, her father’s secrets, and the histories carried by those touched by violence, Magnolia is forced to reckon with grief that cannot be privately contained. Named for the Haitian Kreyòl word for mourning, this deeply moving novel explores trauma, family, displacement, gentrification, and the elusive meaning of home. Told in Edwidge Danticat’s signature lyrical and compassionate style, it is a powerful meditation on connection, remembrance, and the rituals that help us endure.
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paperback
Knopf
Published Aug 25, 2026
256 pages
ISBN: 9780593803523
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First Published
2026
Language
eng
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Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Dèy by Edwidge Danticat.