We review some standout nonfiction this week: Anansi's Gold by journalist Yepoka Yeebo is a "thrilling true-crime debut that reverberates on the world stage"; acclaimed disability rights activist Eddie Ndopu writes (with his one working finger) an "unmissable memoir," Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw; Lena S. Andrews presents a "thoroughly researched celebration of previously unsung female heroes of World War II" in Valiant Women; and food writer Kiera Wright-Ruiz debuts with the "delightfully delectable" I Want to Be Spaghetti, illustrated by Claudia Lam, featuring a starry-eyed, kawaii ramen who longs to be spaghetti. And so many others!
In The Writer's Life, Victoria Christopher Murray, co-author with Marie Benedict of the novel The First Ladies, tells us about her early love for historical figures.