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

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First Gallery Books hardcover editionDescription: 289 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781668035351 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 797.3/2092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • GV839.562.L57 A3 2025
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 his parking spot-- 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.
Awards:
  • A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
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.
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library BIOGRAPHY 921/LIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 11/20/2025 39844500071272

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 his parking spot-- 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.

Junior Library Guild

"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.

Ages 14 & Up.

Grades 9 & Up.

A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)

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