Published in 2025
5 hours and 51 minutes
Kiersten Lyons is an actress, a writer, and lactose intolerant. Her most notable roles include being attacked by her pet lion on Grey’s Anatomy, being accused of murdering the husband she shared with her sister wives on Bones, and the real-life role of having her wedding called off two months shy of the date, which resulted in the award-winning one-woman show, Crushed: Why Is It the Boys You Like Never Like You Back?
For the better part of her whole life, she’s been a big sister, by biology, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and is now on TikTok, sharing real stories and hilarious observations that have amassed millions of views. Her unique voice has created a tight-knit community of young women eager to laugh, cry, and heal. You can find her at kierstenlyons.com.
What is this book about?
While tying the bows on her wedding invitations, Kiersten’s fiancé walked in and told her he didn’t think he loved her, and maybe never had . . . Oh, and he’d cheated. At a place called The Magic Castle. But don’t worry, because six months later, while Kiersten was struggling to pay rent, he won $100,000 on a reality show. Yes, you read that right . . .
A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Why is it that the minute you get your heart broken, whether by a boy or a dream, you look around to see everyone else is doing amazing! Because everyone else is stupid . . .
Oh, and why are they always telling you “everything happens for a reason”?! Leave me alone, Cheryl!
But also, don’t. Because when you’re alone, you’re hit with the reality that you can’t wake up from this bad dream. Why are you the only one heartbroken? The only one struggling? The only one . . . Crushed? But what if that’s the stupid part? The lie that you are the only one.
In this nostalgic memoir equally cut with anguish and humor, Lyons invites listeners along on a lifetime of Crushed moments and the hope of being left in awe of the pivots she never wanted in the first place.
And what if realizing you aren’t alone is the first step to one day knowing you’ll be in awe too?
