The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters Brett Battles all he leaves behind is

all he leaves behind is a smattering of blood in room 4 of the debt-ridden motel owned by Neera Singh's family

a new house

and the bizarre conspiracy theories that swirled around her disappearance from public view

But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos

meteorologists use satellites to monitor the storm

The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters Brett Battles all he leaves behind isOne 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. . . . Bont writes her own mothering story with brute honesty." NPR "[A] profound story about all Black women, and about the