It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground Romance_Gift_Guide Carl de Souza’s surreal English-language

Carl de Souza’s surreal English-language debut

Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield

they look at what’s going wrong in national security and how to make it go right

The book declutters the habit of being human

It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground Romance_Gift_Guide Carl de Souza’s surreal English-languageNATIONAL BESTSELLER * 2025 BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE SELECTION 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 Americas crises piled up and David spiraled into existential dread, he noticed that