It's Only DrowningDavid LittLabel: GalleryDescription: NATIONAL BESTSELLER * 2025 BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE SELECTION A former Obama speechwriter moves to the Jersey Shore and learns to surf with the help of his brother-in-law: a tattooed truck-driving Joe Rogan superfan.David the Yale-educated writer with a fear of sharks and Matt the daredevil electrician with a shed full of surfboards had never been close. But as America’s crises piled up and David spiraled into existential dread he noticed that his brother-in-law was thriving. He began to suspect Matt’s favorite hobby had something to do with it. David started taking surf lessons. For months he wiped out on waves the height of daffodils. Yet after realizing that surfing could change him both in and out of the water he set an audacious goal: riding a big wave in Hawaii. He searched for an expert he could trust to guide and protect him—and when he couldn’t find one he asked Matt. Together they set out on a journey that spanned coasts and even continents before taking them to Oahu’s famously dangerous North Shore. It’s Only Drowning is a laugh-out-loud love letter to surfing—and so much more. It’s an ode to embarking on adventures at any age. It’s a blueprint for becoming braver at a time when it takes courage just to read the news. Most of all it’s the story of an unlikely friendship one that crosses the fault lines of education ideology and culture tearing so many of us apart.
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