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skin & bones: a novel
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Best Book of May 2024 by New York Post. Finalist for the 2024 Westport Prize for Literature.
From 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
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.
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skin & bones: a novel
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Original price was: $30.00.$14.99Current price is: $14.99.
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Great read.
JessicaSophia –
Poetic. Powerful. Challenging. This beautiful book is an important read and made me think a lot about my biases and how I interact with people of color or people with bodies different from mine. At times this book was uncomfortable to read but I feel like it changed me on some level. I loved the glimpse inside of Black Portland and in particular Lena’s circle of friends. It made me wish I had an Aspen and a Kendra of my own! It also made me think a lot about how I talk about body image and nutrition with my own daughters. Looking forward to reading more of Ms. Watson’s fiction written for adults!
Tina Truck –
I enjoyed this read although it got to be tiring after a while, constantly being beat over the with the same message being told in various experiences.
I did skip some pages because I just needed the story to move on.
Saw my experiences reflected as I am a large sized woman. I hope many people read this book bc the message is poignant.
Maureen Lindsey –
This was a wonderfully written book full of love and dreams that spoke directly to my soul. Thank you for this work of art.
chenee williams –
This is a book that keep you engsged.
Anne Sweeney –
I don’t want to be one of those “I’m not like the others “ people that the author refers to in this book. I want to learn to be a better human everyday and I want to open my eyes to others hardships brought on by humans that think they are woke but showing up doesn’t mean your heart is pure. I think we all,have work to do. All of us. This is the human journey. But this book reads from the perspective of a life I have not lived. And by reading this book I see how I can do better, be better and realize I am judgmental even when I think I’m not. Body image was a huge issue for me. I was a chubby white kid and was teased relentlessly. So I’ve grown up w my own bias to weight. So much in this book helped me with perspective. Adding the fact that lena is a large black woman and watching her navigate bias and judgement was inspiring and eye opening. She talks about scars and she talks about preserving. She shows her own flaws and her own humanity. She calls out injustices – micro aggressions – in a mature way. I’m not sure I’d be as mature. This is not only a great story but a story that should make one consider many things like body shaming , race issues, micro aggressions – we are never as woke as we think. There is always ignorance and books like these can be life altering of we are open to self-dissection.
Black_GirlMagic405 –
This book was like a breath of fresh air.It had everything I enjoyed reading about: sisterhood, mother-daughter relationships, romance, discovery of self & self-love. The format that the author wrote was new to me & a bit confusing at first, but as I kept reading, I enjoyed the book. Lena was a complex character, but I ended up loving her.
The black history chapters were informative.
I received a complimentary copy of this book and opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Ade –
A mind blowing combination of thoughts and experiences on being black, on being a big black woman, friendship, faith and family.
I love the unique and very short chapters. It highlights and exposes difficult topics such as racism and sexism.
It follows the story of Lena and her daughter Aaliyah. It also showcases Lena’s relationships with her friends, parents, community and the men in her life.
There are background stories of the sacrifices black people made and the experiences that we unfortunately continue to face/witness till day.
It exposes micro aggressions, subtle digs, privilege, insensitivity and lack of respect and empathy. It seeks to educate all of us on some of the things we take for granted and to take off the tinted lenses and see the world for what it is.
I partly listened to the audio book and it was amazing. The narrator did a very good job. This is a book I’d recommend over and over again.