CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush Audiobook (Free)

A star-studded assortment of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and superstars that illuminates the stamina of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation in to the euphoria, discomfort, and mystery that is our first superstar crush.

You never forget your first crush .

CRUSH brings together stories of heartbreak, humiliation, and hilarity from a roster of popular luminaries, including Adam Franco, Carrie Fisher, Stephen Ruler, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, Emily Gould, and about CRUSH: Authors Reflect on Love, Longing and the STAMINA of Their First Celebrity Crush Hanna Rosin, who talk about intimate memories of this first intense flavor of love. Here are funny, whimsical, sometimes cringe-worthy stories of falling head over pumps for River Phoenix, Mary Tyler Moore, Howard Cosell, Jared Leto, and a host of additional pop culture symbols.

Several contributors channeled their devotion into obsessively writing embarrassing lover characters. Some taped pictures in college lockers. Others embellished their bedroom walls with posters. For tweenaged Karin Tanabe, it was discovering bad youngster Andy Garcia-playing the gun-loving mobster Vincent Corleone in The Godfather III. Barbara Graham unsuccessfully staked out a flat on Park Avenue for the glimpse of her blue-eyed soulmate, Paul Newman. There was only one pup for six-year-old Jodi Picoult-Donny Osmond-while Jamie Brisick’s pre-teen addiction was Quickness Racer.

Swoon-worthy and memorable, the essays in CRUSH will leave you laughing, make you cry, and keep you enthralled-just like your 1st celebrity crush.