Domestic Life – Ada Calhoun
Using personal experiences as a jumping-off point, Ada Calhoun’s novel 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. Tackling the big questions being asked about marriage and partnership in the post-pandemic era, Crush is a sharp, funny, seductive, and revelatory novel about holding on to everything it’s possible to love.
Ada Calhoun’s previous memoir, Also a Poet, was named one of the best books of 2022 by The New York Times, NPR, and The Washington Post. She lives in New York.
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