#1&n bsp\;NEW YORK TIMES \;BESTSELLER \;&bull\; GOOD MORNING AMERICA&nb sp\;BOOK CLUB PICK &bull\; From the author of \;The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo \;and \;Daisy Jones &\; The Six \;comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program abo ut the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.
\nThe stunning hardcover of \;Atmosphere \;features beautiful endpapers and a premium dust jacket!
\n&ldquo\;Thrilling . . . heartbreaki ng . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced\, emotionally charged story of one ambitious young woman\, finding both her voice and her passion.&rdquo\;&m dash\;Kristin Hannah\, author of \;The Women
\n&ldquo\;NASA? Space missions? The &rsquo\;80s? This is a coll ection of all the things I love.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Andy Weir\, author of \;Project Hail Mary \;and \;The Martian
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\nJoan Goodwin ha s been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved\, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics an d astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece\, Franc es. That is\, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first wo men scientists to join NASA&rsquo\;s space shuttle program. Suddenly\, Joa n burns to be one of the few people to go to space.
\nSelected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the sum mer of 1980\, Joan begins training at Houston&rsquo\;s Johnson Space Cente r\, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Han k Redmond and scientist John Griffin\, who are kind and easygoing even whe n the stakes are highest\; mission specialist Lydia Danes\, who has worked too hard to play nice\; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald\, who is navigating her own secrets\; and Vanessa Ford\, the magnetic and mysterious aeronauti cal engineer\, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.
\nAs the new astronauts become unlikely friends and pre pare for their first flights\, Joan finds a passion and a love she never i magined. In this new light\, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.
\nThen\, in December of 1984\, on mission STS-LR9\, it al l changes in an instant.
\nFast-paced\ , thrilling\, and emotional\, \;Atmosphere \;is Taylor Jenkins Rei d at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places\, creating complex protagonists\, and telling a passionate and soaring story about th e transformative power of love&mdash\;this time among the stars.
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