Book description
* 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…
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Why read it?
1 author picked It's Only Drowning as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Odd-couple friendship of surfing and politics. David is funny and wise, and (in different ways) so is his brother-in-law Matt, and it's a pleasure to spend a few hundred pages in their company.
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