Watson, a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner for her young adult books, delivers a stirring adult debut. In it, Lena, a librarian striving to bring attention to Portland, Ore.’s unsung Black historical figures, faces her own challenges as a curvy Black woman living in a predominantly White city. A first-time bride-to-be at age 40, her world is upended by a surprise wedding-day confession. Ever conscious of setting a strong example for her 10-year-old daughter, she grapples with the messages about love, beauty and self-worth perpetuated by society, not to mention her own community and family. (Little, Brown, May 7)