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Renée Watson talks with J. T. Ellison about her book SKIN & BONES.
Lena Baker's life feels stable—until a confession on her wedding day upends everything. She struggles to teach her daughter self-love while questioning everything she knows about relationships, friendship, & motherhood. As she fights to preserve Oregon’s overlooked Black history, she navigates well-meaning but ignorant colleagues. Skin & Bones is a powerful story of heartbreak, identity, & healing.
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Nashville PBS provides, through the power of traditional television and interactive digital communications, quality educational, cultural and civic experiences that address issues and concerns of the people of the Nashville region, and which thereby help improve the lives of those we serve.
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Renée Watson talks with J. T. Ellison about her book SKIN & BONES.
Lena Baker's life feels stable—until a confession on her wedding day upends everything. She struggles to teach her daughter self-love while questioning everything she knows about relationships, friendship, & motherhood. As she fights to preserve Oregon’s overlooked Black history, she navigates well-meaning but ignorant colleagues. Skin & Bones is a powerful story of heartbreak, identity, & healing.
► Learn more at: awordonwords.org
► Subscribe to Nashville PBS's channel: bit.ly/ytube-npt
► Watch more videos from Nashville PBS: @nashvillepbs
▬▬ About A WORD ON WORDS ▬▬
Nashville PBS's original literary series A WORD ON WORDS consists of 3-minute episodes and podcasts that engage our audiences with intelligent, thoughtful and surprising discussions about literature and the lives of authors.
► Find out more about A WORD ON WORDS: awordonwords.org
► View more A WORD ON WORDS Author Interviews: awordonwords.org/authors
► Enjoy A WORD ON WORDS on any device with the free PBS app: wnpt.org/videoapp
▬▬ We ❤️ Being Your Nashville PBS ▬▬
Whatever you call us—WDCN, Channel 8, WNPT, NPT or Nashville Public Television—we love being your Nashville PBS.
► Subscribe to Nashville PBS's channel: bit.ly/ytube-npt
► Watch more videos from Nashville PBS: youtube.com/c/wnptvideos/videos
▬▬ About Nashville PBS ▬▬
Nashville PBS, formally known as NPT - Nashville Public Television, is Middle Tennessee’s & Southern Kentucky’s local PBS station.
Nashville PBS provides, through the power of traditional television and interactive digital communications, quality educational, cultural and civic experiences that address issues and concerns of the people of the Nashville region, and which thereby help improve the lives of those we serve.
Nashville PBS, WNPT, is Nashville's independent nonprofit PBS station, is operated by licensee Nashville Public Television, Inc.
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► Donate: wnpt.org/donate
