Crush
By Ada Calhoun
By Ada Calhoun
By Ada Calhoun
By Ada Calhoun
By Ada Calhoun
Read by Robyn Maryke
By Ada Calhoun
Read by Robyn Maryke
Category: Literary Fiction | Contemporary Romance
Category: Literary Fiction | Contemporary Romance
Category: Literary Fiction | Contemporary Romance | Audiobooks
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$30.00
Feb 25, 2025 | ISBN 9780593832028
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Feb 25, 2025 | ISBN 9780593832035
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Feb 25, 2025 | ISBN 9798217012152
345 Minutes
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$30.00
Feb 25, 2025 | ISBN 9780593832028
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Feb 25, 2025 | ISBN 9780593832035
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Feb 25, 2025 | ISBN 9798217012152
345 Minutes
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Praise
â[In Crush,] Calhounâs cleverest feat is blowing us along in this whirlwind of desire and possibility. As ever, Calhoun suggests, women must carve some new path through a thicket of emotional briars. That may sound grim, but rest assured this is not another tale about womenâs sexuality thatâs so depressing.â
âThe Washington Post
âCalhoun has a gift for explaining complicated emotions with concise, carefully chosen prose.â
âVulture
âHer giddy new romance sets the stage for an exploration of marital constructs and what it means to seek desire at any age.â
âBustle
âAda Calhoun writes with absolute clarity about the giddiest and most destabilizing feelingâthe crush. This novel made me feel dizzy and I loved every second. Calhoun can seduce me any day of the week.â
âEmma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow
âThe word âcrushâ often conjures the innocence of adolescenceâa time when your life story isnât yet written and anything is possible. But what happens when that dormant feeling is awakened in middle age? Ada Calhounâs Crush is a gripping fever dream of a book leading the reading into the beguiling depths of desire, ecstasy, and obsession.â
âMolly Ringwald
âCrush marks Ada Calhounâs arrival as a novelist, and what an incredibly explosive arrival it is. This book is a sumptuous exploration of how desire takes us over without a shred of moral hedging. A vertiginousâyet somehow also clarifyingânovel that will grab you by your shoulders and shake you until you feel alive.â
âIsaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts
âI didnât just read Crush; I inhaled it like it would save my life. Calhoun captures the chaotic experience of a marriageâs dissolution and a new midlife romance with the insight and humor she brings to all her work. I loved this book. And I loved its honest depiction of what love can do to and for us.â
âBethany Ball, author of The Pessimists
âVisceral, intelligent, funny, emotional, and layered. A revolutionary romance for âgood girlsâ among us.â
âShauna Niequist, author of the New York Times bestseller I Guess I Havenât Learned That Yet
In Crush, desire is an irresistible force. Ada Calhoun is a master at capturing the way we live now, and her propulsive, witty, dreamy debut novel made me feel like I was exchanging secrets with my smartest friend. A heady delight.
âClaire Dederer, national bestselling author of Monsters: A Fanâs Dilemma
âCalhoun captures the giddy high of desire. This romp through a middle-aged crush is as smart and sharp as youâd expect from the author of Also a Poet. Calhounâs quick-paced story invites readers to lose themselves to the possibility of love taking unexpected shapes, while also providing a jumping-off point for exploring art and culture. Regardless of how readers engage with the story, they will find in Crush an opportunity to view the world through a new lens.â
âBookpage, Starred Review
âCrush (such a charged word) interrogates all that we think we know about love and soul mates, commitment and conviction, while tracking the long struggle to fully become oneself and do rightâŠ. [An] angsty, metaphysical, literature-besotted love story.â
âBooklist Starred Review
âChock-full of great lines ⊠[a]nything Ada Calhoun wants to write is well worth reading.â
âKirkus Review