{"product_id":"9781250023995","title":"Scratching the Horizon: A Surfing Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bitchin' love letter to sand and sea, and a spirited inside account of life with the \"first family\" of American surfing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1956, Dorian \"Doc\" Paskowitz stepped away from a successful medical practice and began a lifelong surfing odyssey that grew to include his wife Juliette, and their nine children. Together, the Paskowitz clan lived a vagabonding bohemian existence, eschewing material possessions in favor of intangible riches like health and good cheer . . . all the while careening along the world's coastlines in search of the perfect wave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScratching the Horizon,\u003c\/i\u003e Izzy Paskowitz looks back at his unusual upbringing, and his lifelong passion for the sport that carries his family's stamp. As the fourth-oldest child in a family of inveterate surfers, rock stars, and beach bums, he is uniquely qualified to shine a light on a childhood that has come to symbolize the surfing credo, a reckless young adulthood that nearly cost him his sanity, and a maturing sense of self and purpose that allows him to lift others on the back of his experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the father of a son with autism and the founder of \"Surfers Healing,\" a foundation devoted to expanding the horizons of children with autism through surfing, Paskowitz has found a way to connect the surreal aspects of his childhood to the harsh realities of adulthood, and he shares these discoveries in this wickedly entertaining and transforming memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111389348080,"sku":"9781250023995","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250023995_p0.jpg?v=1769891929","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250023995","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}