A conversation with Ada Calhoun
Schedule
Mon Mar 17 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
27400 Wolf Road, Bay Village, OH 44140 | Bay Village, OH
Join us at our Bay Village Branch for a conversation with Ada Calhoun, author of "Crush."Register: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/12532408
Calhoun is the author of "Also a Poet," named one of the best books of 2022 by The New York Times, NPR, and The Washington Post, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and featured on the Today show and PBS NewsHour. Her other books include "St. Marks Is Dead" and the New York Times bestseller "Why We Can’t Sleep."
In "Crush," when a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from their marriage, what follows surprises them both—sex, heartbreak and heart rekindling, and a rediscovered sense of all that is possible
She’s happy and settled and productive and content in her full life—a child, a career, an admirable marriage, deep friendships, happy parents, and a spouse she still loves. But when her husband urges her to address what the narrow labels of “husband” and “wife” force them to edit out of their lives, the very best kind of hell breaks loose.
Using the author’s personal experiences as a jumping-off point, 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. Destined to become a classic novel of marriage, and tackling the big questions being asked about partnership in postpandemic relationships, Crush is a sharp, funny, seductive, and revelatory novel about holding on to everything it’s possible to love—friends, children, parents, passion, lovers, husbands, all of the world’s good books, and most of all one’s own deep sense of purpose.
📕 Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
