Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorker · 14 Sep 2026

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Dèy, by Edwidge Danticat (Knopf). Set among Haitian Americans in Miami, this novel centers on Magnolia, a young mother who is at a mall when a mass shooter opens fire. She escapes and, because she does not want to be defined by the tragedy, decides not to tell anyone about it. In the weeks that foll


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