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It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground OprahDaily* A GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2025 * A TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2025 * 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