{"product_id":"the-waterbearers-a-memoir-of-mothers-and-daughters-by-sasha-bonet","title":"The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters by Sasha Bonét","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Knopf: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful new voice, telling the American story through three generations of Black mothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Waterbearers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of the most beautiful and truthful books I’ve ever read.\" —Imani Perry, National Book Award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth to America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An epic love song and remarkable ballad of generations.” —Leslie Jamison, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Exams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSasha Bonét grew up in 1990s Houston, worlds removed from the Louisiana cotton plantation that raised her grandmother, Betty Jean, and the Texas bayous that shaped Sasha’s mother, Connie. And though each generation did better, materially, than the last, all of them carried the complex legacy of Black American motherhood with its origins in slavery. All of them knew that the hands used to comb and braid hair, shell pecans, and massage weary muscles were the very hands used to whip children into submission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she had her own daughter, Sofia, Bonét was determined to interrupt this tradition. She brought Sofia to New York and set off on a journey—not only up and down the tributaries of her bloodline but also into the lives of Black women in history and literature—Betty Davis, Recy Taylor, and Iberia Hampton among them—to understand both the love and pain they passed on to their children and to create a way of mothering that honors the legacy but abandons the violence that shaped it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waterbearers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a dazzling and transformative work of American storytelling that reimagines not just how we think of Black women, but how we think of ourselves—as individuals, parents, communities, and a country.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51194248560933,"sku":"9780593536087","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780593536087.jpg?v=1758139815","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/the-waterbearers-a-memoir-of-mothers-and-daughters-by-sasha-bonet","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}