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| Title Statement | It's only drowning: a true story of learning to surf and the search for common ground / David Litt. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | It is only drowning |
| Author | Litt, David, 1986- |
| Publication | New York: Gallery Books,2025. |
| Edition | First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |
| Extent of Item | 289 pages |
| ISBN | 9781668035351 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07918376 |
| Contents | Surfing Is for lunatics --Woochee --Pain and sorrow before they quit --Free speech! --It's only drowning --The New Jersey rubicon --If you ever get into fights --I just don't want to be the guy that dies of hypothermia in the parking space --Water Wizards --Shrimply irresistible --Beanbag --The Honda Odyssey --Try that in a small town --Sparring with hurricanes --Le Snake --Nothing's worse than knowing too much --Between us. |
| Summary | "When a former speechwriter for President Obama starts surfing at the age of thirty-five -- the rough equivalent of beginning guitar lessons on your deathbed -- he is taken on an unexpected journey in which he has to learn from the only other surfer he knows, his brother-in-law, Matt, a Joe Rogan superfan"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Adjustment (Psychology) |
| Life change events | |
| Speechwriters--Biography--United States | |
| Surfers--Biography--United States | |
| Surfing | |
| By Name | Litt, David,1986- |
| Litt, David,1986---Friends and associates | |
| By Genre | Biographies |
| Autobiographies | |
| Personal narratives | |
