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 lifebetween wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away, shes 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 shes 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 dont understand that their good intentions are often offensive and hurtful.

Through Watsons poetic voice,skin & bonesis a stirring exploration of who society makes space for and is ultimately a story of heartbreak and healing.