{"product_id":"the-dew-breaker-paperback","title":"The Dew Breaker - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A \"brilliant book, undoubtedly the best one yet by an enormously talented writer\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e), about love, remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this award-winning, bestselling work of fiction that moves between Haiti in the 1960s and New York in the present day, we meet an unusual man who is harboring a vital, dangerous secret. He is 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, we enter the lives of those around him, and his secret is slowly revealed. Edwidge Danticat's brilliant exploration of the \"dew breaker\"--or torturer--is an unforgettable story from one of America's most essential writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eClaire of the Sea Light, \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable book; \u003ci\u003eAfter the Dance\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBrother, I'm Dying, \u003c\/i\u003e a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eBreath, Eyes, Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oprah Book Club selection; \u003ci\u003eKrik? Krak!\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eThe Farming of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, an American Book Award winner; and \u003ci\u003eThe Dew Breaker\u003c\/i\u003e, a PEN\/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Miami.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dew Breaker\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731772379199,"sku":"9781400034291","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/161a6130bd526e6de390091f248bbae6.webp?v=1765130057","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-dew-breaker-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}