The Dew Breaker

We meet him late in life: a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his face. As the book unfolds, moving seamlessly between Haiti in the 1960s and New York City today, we enter the lives of those around him, and learn that he has also kept a vital, dangerous secret. Edwidge Danticat's brilliant exploration of the "dew breaker"--or torturer--s an unforgettable story of love, remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history. It firmly establishes her as one of America's most essential writers.

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including <i>Breath, Eyes, Memory, </i>an Oprah Book Club selection; <i>Krik? Krak!, </i>a National Book Award finalist; and <i>The Farming of Bones, </i>an American Book Award winner. She is also the editor of <i>The Butterfly’s Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States</i> and <i>The Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures</i>.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>