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Viking

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STARRED REVIEW

Crush

In Crush, Ada Calhoun captures the giddy high of desire. This romp through a middle-aged crush is as smart and sharp as you’d expect from the author of Also a Poet.

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Review of ‘Crush’

“Crushes were how you stayed a little bit in love with the world even though you had a husband,” explains the protagonist of Ada Calhoun’s debut novel. She’s an excellent flirt who can draw even the quietest men out of themselves, a skill that her husband, Paul, admires. But she’s content with her marriage and…

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