Specials
50% Discount and Free Freight
Orders with 35+ units will receieve 52% discount AND free freight
Orders with 100+ units will receive 53% discount AND free freight
* expires 12/10/25 *
About the Brand
Penguin Random House is the international home to nearly 250 editorially and creatively independent publishing imprints. Together, our mission is to foster a universal passion for reading by partnering with authors to help create stories and communicate ideas that inform, entertain, and inspire, and to connect them with readers everywhere.
Shop Brand Catalog
Penguin Random House
The Waterbearers
- SKU: 9780593536087
- UPC: 9780593536087
Retail Price
Details
The Waterbearers • 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. . . . Bonét writes her own mothering story with brute honesty." —NPR "[A] profound story about all Black women, and about the effects of racism in all Black lives. . . . [O]bservant, thoughtful and poetic, in the best sense. [Bonét’s] account of both her family history and the lives of her tributaries show off her gifts to the fullest." —The New York Times Hardcover 09/16/2025
Have questions about “The Waterbearers”?
Selling things that
make people happy.
Since 1975, we've been bringing together the industry's best brands and retailers. With our experienced sales team across 50 states, four stunning showrooms and 24/7 online marketplace, we make shopping fun and easy.