CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush by Cathy Alter, Dave Singleton episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 5, 2016 · 5 MIN

CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush by Cathy Alter, Dave Singleton

from Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir · host Hugh Torp

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush Author: Cathy Alter, Dave Singleton Narrator: Kaleo Griffith, Lynde Houck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 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.

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