New This Week
April 5, 2022
4/5/2022
This week we’re sharing two books that we think aren’t getting the attention they deserve. One is the fictional story of a woman whose life becomes intertwined with a con artist, and the other is the true story of an American folk hero who canoed solo throughout America’s rivers for more than two decades.
Cover Story by Susan Rigetti
Anyone riveted by recent stories of scammers and con artists like Anna Delvey, the inspiration for the Netflix show Inventing Anna, will want to take a look at Cover Story. It’s the fictional story of NYU student Lora Ricci, who’s saved from her struggles by a glamorous woman who’s not all she seems.
Riverman by Ben McGrath
This biography of Dick Conant, an outdoorsman who spent decades canoeing solo on America’s rivers, has already been collecting rave reviews from critics. Conant is described as a folk hero who not only performed feats of skill and endurance in his solo canoe, but also charmed people wherever he traveled. The author met Conant just a few months before his canoe washed up without any sign of its owner and felt compelled to collect the stories of the people who knew him and share this remarkable life.