EPISODE · May 7, 2024 · 3 MIN
skin & bones: a novel by Renée Watson
from Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women · host kathry
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/709473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: skin & bones: a novel Author: Renée Watson Narrator: Zenzi Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 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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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/709473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: skin & bones: a novel Author: Renée Watson Narrator: Zenzi Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: 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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