It's only drowning : a true story of learning to surf and the search for common ground / David Litt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Litt, David, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surfing.

Life change events.

Adjustment (Psychology).

Surfers--United States--Biography.

Surfers.

Speechwriters--United States--Biography.

Speechwriters.

Litt, David, 1986-.

Litt, David.

Litt, David, 1986---Friends and associates.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Gallery Books hardcover edition.

Other Title:

It is only drowning

Place of Publication:

New York : Gallery Books, 2025.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter one: Surfing is for lunatics

Chapter two: Woochee

Chapter three: Pain and sorrow before they quit

Chapter four: Free speech!

Chapter five: It's only drowning

Chapter six: The New Jersey rubicon

Chapter seven: If you ever get into fights

Chapter eight: I just don't want to be the guy who dies of hypothermia in his parking space

Chapter nine: Water wizards

Chapter ten: Shrimply irresistible

Chapter eleven: Beanbag

Chapter twelve: The Honda Odyssey

Chapter thirteen: Try that in a small town

Chapter fourteen: Sparring with hurricanes

Chapter fifteen: Le Snake

Chapter sixteen: Nothing's worse than knowing too much

Chapter seventeen: Between us.

Other Format:

Online version: Litt, David, 1986- It's only drowning

ISBN:

9781668035351

1668035359

9781668035368

1668035367

9781668035375

1668035375

OCLC:

1511804108

Publisher Number:

90102330180