"The Dew Breaker" isn't just a regular narrative; it’s a poignant exploration of guilt and redemption. If you're looking for a story that probes deep into the human psyche and the shadows of history, this one by Edwidge Danticat will move you. The book offers a look into the complex lives of immigrants, and the long reach of the past into the present. It could provoke thought on the implications of one's actions and the potential for change and forgiveness.

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• Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2005)
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2005)
• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2004)
• The Story Prize (2004)
• Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Fiction (2005)

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—is 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.

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