02091cam a2200385 i 4500 1469230502 TxAuBib 20240801120000.0 230909s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023949277 9780316570886 hardcover $30.00 0316570885 hardcover $30.00 (OCoLC)1396551739 TxAuBib rda Watson, Renee, author. Skin & bones [Book] : a novel / Renée Watson. Skin and bones. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. ©2024. 400 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "At 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. Unmoored 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. Through Watson's poetic voice, skin & bones is a stirring exploration of who society makes space for and is ultimately a story of heartbreak and healing."--Amazon.com. 20240801. African American women Fiction. Parent and child Fiction. Marriage Fiction. African American women fast Oregon Portland Fiction. Overweight women Fiction. Identity (Psychology) Fiction. Portland (Or) Fiction. RV8