CRUSH

  • Author: Cathy Alter
  • Narrator: Lynde Houck
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 8:19:47
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Synopsis

A star-studded collection of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and celebrities that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first celebrity crush.

You never forget your first crush . . .

CRUSH brings together stories of heartbreak, humiliation, and hilarity from a roster of popular luminaries, including James Franco, Carrie Fisher, Stephen King, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, Emily Gould, and Hanna Rosin, who share intimate memories of that first intense taste of love. Here are funny, whimsical, sometimes cringe-worthy tales of falling head over heels for River Phoenix, Mary Tyler Moore, Howard Cosell, Jared Leto, and a host of other pop culture icons.

A few contributors channeled their devotion into obsessively writing embarrassing fan letters. Some taped pics in school lockers. Others decorated their bedroom walls with posters. For tweenaged Karin Tanabe, it was discovering bad boy Andy Garcia—playing the gun-loving mobster Vincent Corleone in The Godfather III. Barbara Graham unsuccessfully staked out an apartment on Park Avenue for a glimpse of her blue-eyed soulmate, Paul Newman. There was only one puppy for six-year-old Jodi Picoult—Donny Osmond—while Jamie Brisick’s pre-teen addiction was Speed Racer.

Swoon-worthy and unforgettable, the essays in CRUSH will leave you laughing, make you cry, and keep you enthralled—just like your first celebrity crush.

Chapters

  • 021 My Preteen Speed Addiction

    Duration: 11min
  • 022 Part V Newman's Own

    Duration: 15min
  • 023 The Captain

    Duration: 19min
  • 024 Dance with Me

    Duration: 12min
  • 025 Oh, Mary!

    Duration: 04min
  • 026 I Think I Love Him

    Duration: 35min
  • 027 Part VI Deborah Harry Doesn't Dance

    Duration: 05min
  • 028 Jarlsberg and Sourdough

    Duration: 07min
  • 029 My Own Private Danny Zuko

    Duration: 16min
  • 030 Jerrys and Greggs

    Duration: 06min
  • 031 You're the One That I Want

    Duration: 12min
  • 032 Part VII The Lonely Life

    Duration: 33min
  • 033 99-86

    Duration: 01min
  • 034 Fantasy Bonds

    Duration: 12min
  • 035 Mom, I Want to Marry a Murderer

    Duration: 13min
  • 036 Part VIII Puppy Love

    Duration: 16min
  • 037 Still Rivers Run Deep

    Duration: 10min
  • 038 Brian Austin Green- Pen Pal

    Duration: 45min
  • 039 My So-Called Crush on Jared Leto

    Duration: 10min
  • 040 Celebrity Fantasies and Their Logical Conclusions

    Duration: 07min
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