Skin Bones

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\n\n\nFrom the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next\nAt 40, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in life—between wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away, she’s happy in love and in friendship until a confession on her wedding day shifts her world.\nUnmoored and grieving a major loss, Lena finds herself trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself. Lena questions everything she’s learned about dating, friendship, and motherhood, and through it all, she works tirelessly to bring the oft-forgotten Black history of Oregon to the masses, sidestepping her well-meaning co-workers that don’t understand that their good intentions are often offensive and hurtful.\nThrough Watson’s poetic voice, skin \u0026amp; bones is a stirring exploration of who society makes space for and is ultimately a story of heartbreak and healing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nISBN-13: 9780316570886\n\nPublisher: Little, Brown and Company\n\nPublication Date: May 7, 2024\nPages: 416\n\n