62 pages 2 hours read

Eiren Caffall

All the Water in the World

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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Part 5Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 5: “Light Rain You Can Open Up and Drink”

Part 5, Introduction Summary

Content Warning: This section discusses death, sexual violence, and racism.



The Water Logbook describes soft summer rain that is safe to drink.

Part 5, Chapter 67 Summary: “Liquid Oracle”

Nonie recalls that once she knew Mother was dying, she started carrying her photo and the logbook. She started thinking about the passage of time.

The picture she looks at the most is one from the last trip Mother and Father took before the collapse. Mother died slowly of water retention resulting from a kidney disease. She passed in her sleep in the Longhouse.

Part 5, Chapter 68 Summary: “Hands to Work and Hearts to God”

Hancock has solar spotlights that sweep the surrounding area. At the gate, Byron, a young member of the settlement, meets them. He lets them in and takes them to Esther.