It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground Girl's Interest windswept sands teeming with creatures

windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire and rivers where the mythical marid sleep

while trying to rebuild their relationship without the one person who's always held them together

this is a truly stunning package from cover to cover

it's time to stop running

With nobody inside them

It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground Girl's Interest windswept sands teeming with creaturesNATIONAL 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