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The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters

by Bon

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- One of NPR's "Nonfiction Books We Love from 2025" - One of Kirkus's "Best Nonfiction Boo.

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- One of NPR's "Nonfiction Books We Love from 2025" - One of Kirkus's "Best Nonfiction Books of 2025" -

A powerful new voice, telling the American story through three generations of Black mothers.

"This searing, poetic memoir covers generations of powerful Black women who raise their children singly and transmit strength by showing up. . . . Bon
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