Weekend Whats

What to Doc: Martin Scorcese became a singular figure in cinema in part by sharing moments from his own life on film. So it probably shouldn’t surprise anyone that a documentary series about his life would be great. And it is. Mr Scorcese is on Apple TV.

+ What to Book: “Twenty-year-old Thomas Flett lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, Northern England, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the drizzly shore to scrape for shrimp, and spends the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and sea-scum, pining for his neighbor, Joan Wyeth, and playing songs on his guitar.” Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, longlisted for the Booker Prize, immerses you so instantly and completely into this place that you can almost taste the salty fog as you read.