Atmosphere

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The new novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates- Top Gun pilots Hank Redmond and John Griffin; mission specialist Lydia Danes; warm-hearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant. Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best- transporting readers to iconic times and places, with complex protagonists, telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love, this time among the stars

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TJR is surely the queen of escapist fiction * Sunday Telegraph *
Fabulously entertaining * The Times on DAISY JONES AND THE SIX *
I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so much fun * Dolly Alderton on DAISY JONES AND THE SIX *
Prepare to be obsessed * Stylist on DAISY JONES AND THE SIX *
Pure exhilaration * The Times on MALIBU RISING *
Thank you Taylor Jenkins Reid for the escapism we all need * Pandora Sykes on MALIBU RISING *

Author Bio

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their daughter.