What's the difference between having fun and having a happy life? This week's guest, award-winning journalist and author Diane Cardwell, tackles this and many other life questions when she joins us for our latest author interview.

After ending her marriage and giving up her attempts to have a child, Cardwell realizes that the thing that was missing from her life was the last thing she would have expected: surfing.

Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life is a "stirring story of inner salvation sought through a challenging physical pursuit—and of learning to accept the idea of a complete reset, no matter when in life it comes."

Order Rockaway here, or find it at your local bookshop. Read more about it on GoodReads, and learn more about Diane Cardwell on her website. You can also find her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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