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Crushmore

Essays on Love, Loss, and Coming-of-Age
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In this poignant, funny, and illuminating essay collection from the hosts of the Podcrushed podcast, Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari, and Nava Kavelin tackle stories from adolescence and beyond, exploring what it means to come of age at every stage of our lives. In their debut essay... Read More
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Crushmore

From hosts of Podcrushed, this essay collection celebrates those formative years of early adolescence and how those always awkward, often humiliating, and occasionally sweet moments played such a role in shaping our lives.

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In this poignant, funny, and illuminating essay collection from the hosts of the Podcrushed podcast, Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari, and Nava Kavelin tackle stories from adolescence and beyond, exploring what it means to come of age at every stage of our lives.

In their debut essay collection, Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari, and Nava Kavelin flip the script on their hit Podcrushed podcastβ€”which features guests' stories about their formative teenage experiencesβ€”to share their own stories of heartbreak, anxiety, and self-discovery for the first time.

From first crushes to first jealousies, from dreams realized to dreams deferred, Crushmore dives into the simultaneous awkwardness and joy of growing up. With humour, compassion, and insight, Penn, Sophie, and Nava unravel the ups and downs of their own coming of age, and highlight how we can find healingβ€”and even inspirationβ€”from our awkward adolescent selves long after we thought we left them behind.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035423217

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Headline Book Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 370g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Penn Badgley (Author)

Penn Badgley is an actor, director, producer, writer, and podcaster best known for his starring roles in the CW's Gossip Girl and Netflix's You. He lives in New Paltz, New York, with his wife, two children, and two dogs.

Sophie Ansari (Author)

Sophie Ansari is an illustrator, video creator, and podcast host. She moonlights as a community organizer, tallying many hours each week volunteering with children on her block, and bothering her neighbours until they offer to feed her. Sophie lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David, and their baby.

Nava Kavelin (Author)

Nava Kavelin is a writer and producer based in Los Angeles. She and Penn Badgley cofounded a production company, Ninth Mode, together in 2020, and Nava is CEO. Prior to her work in media, Nava was a researcher and writer at the United Nations.

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