Motherhood and the Motherland: Memoirs About Finding Healing and Home

How do we honor the legacy of those who came before us while forging our own path forward? In The Waterbearers, Sasha Bonét traces three generations of Black women, confronting the inherited pain and resilience of motherhood while carving a path toward love, care, and healing. In I'll Tell You When I'm Home, Hala Alyan navigates her journey to parenthood through surrogacy while reckoning with exile, displacement, and the stories that anchor her to family and homeland. In a conversation about memory, history, and maternal love, Bonét and Alyan discuss reclaiming home and self across generations