Crush

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A Today show, New Yorker, Washington Post, New York Times, Time, Harpers Bazaar, Town & Country, Bustle, Lit Hub, Zibby Owens, Marie Claire, AARP, Bloomberg, The Millions, Seattle Times, and Vulture Most Anticipated Book

Ada Calhoun writes with absolute clarity about the giddiest and most destabilizing feelingthe crush. This novel made me feel dizzy and I loved every second. Calhoun can seduce me any day of the week.

Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow

When a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from their marriage, what follows surprises them bothsex, heartbreak and heart rekindling, and a rediscovered sense of all that is possible

Shes happy and settled and productive and content in her full lifea child, a career, an admirable marriage, deep friendships, happy parents, and a spouse she still loves. But when her husband urges her to address what the narrow labels of husband and wife force them to edit out of their lives, the very best kind of hell breaks loose.

Using the authors personal experiences as a jumping-off point, Crush is about the danger and liberation of chasing desire, the havoc it can wreak, and most of all the clear sense of self one finds when the storm passes. Destined to become a classic novel of marriage, and tackling the big questions being asked about partnership in postpandemic relationships, Crush is a sharp, funny, seductive, and revelatory novel about holding on to everything its possible to lovefriends, children, parents, passion, lovers, husbands, all of the worlds good books, and most of all ones own deep sense of purpose.