It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Su Priyanka Kumar It's a concrete garden

It's a concrete garden

Allen Ginsberg

Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone

Nearly a century ago

It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Su Priyanka Kumar It's a concrete garden* A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2025 * 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