Overview
NATIONAL BESTSELLER In the debut essay collection from the hosts of the hit podcast Podcrushed, Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari, and Nava Kavelin explore what it means to come of age at every stage of our lives. Known for spotlighting your favorite artists' tween stories of self-discovery on their podcast, Penn, Sophie, and Nava turn inward to share their own experiences for the first time. Penn, a twelve-year-old, Discman-toting introvert, starts in the solitude of his only-child household where he danced like no one was watching (because no one was watching) before embarking on a neon-lit journey to Hollywood. Sophie takes us to her middle school in Beijing where she had to ward off rumors of a boob job, and to the moment loosening her chokehold on love brought her husband straight into her living room. Nava traces the emotional aftershocks of losing her mother and guides us through the whimsical world of an imaginationship, where nothing is ever as it seems. With compassion, humor, and insight, Crushmore charts the often cringey, sometimes luminous path from adolescence to adulthood. Together, these essays remind us that we can find healing--and even inspiration--from our awkward adolescent selves long after we thought we left them behind.
Full Product Details
Author: Penn Badgley ,
Sophie Ansari ,
Nava Kavelin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Gallery
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9781668077993
ISBN 10: 166807799
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 14 October 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""Fans of Podcrushed will appreciate the insight into the lives of the podcast's hosts, and all readers will enjoy the reverence they share for the formative, destabilizing, relatable young-adult years."" -- ""Booklist"" ""In short, punchy essays--each written by one of the authors--they discuss the major anxieties, image crises, and high points of their early lives, employing the same humor and openheartedness that listeners of the podcast have come to expect. Revealing, entertaining, and surprisingly cohesive, this will appeal even to readers who have never pressed play on an episode of Podcrushed.""-- ""Publishers Weekly""
""In short, punchy essays--each written by one of the authors--they discuss the major anxieties, image crises, and high points of their early lives, employing the same humor and openheartedness that listeners of the podcast have come to expect. Revealing, entertaining, and surprisingly cohesive, this will appeal even to readers who have never pressed play on an episode of Podcrushed.""-- ""Publishers Weekly""
Author Information
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 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 neighbors until they offer to feed her. Sophie lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David, and their baby. 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.
