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Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins ReidTHE No.1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six, an epic novel about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits, set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program.'Thrilling ... heartbreaking ... uplifting. ... I loved it' KRISTIN HANNAH, bestselling author of The Women'A richly drawn page-turner' OBSERVER'The queen of escapist fiction' SUNDAY…

Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins ReidTHE No.1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six, an epic novel about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits, set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program.'Thrilling ... heartbreaking ... uplifting. ... I loved it' KRISTIN HANNAH, bestselling author of The Women'A richly drawn page-turner' OBSERVER'The queen of escapist fiction' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH---------Joan Goodwin has 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 and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances.That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training to be an astronaut at Houston's Johnson Space Centre, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates.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, it all changes in an instant.Atmosphere is a soaring story about the transformative power of love - this time among the stars.READERS ARE SAYING...'Taylor Jenkins Reid is the master of a really great love story' 5* Reader review'So emotional by the end that I could hardly speak' 5* Reader review'Beautiful and moving...I could not put this book down' 5* Reader review'Made me laugh and moved me to tears, what more could you ask for?' 5* Reader review'Emotional, captivating, and wonderfully written, Atmosphere is one of those rare books that stays with you long after you've finished the final page.' 5* Reader reviewPraise for Atmosphere:'Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid?' DAILY MAIL'NASA? Space missions? The 80s? This is a collection of all the things I love. ... Thrilling' ANDY WEIR, author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian'Packs a hefty emotional punch' MAIL ON SUNDAY'An empowering and out of this world love story' PEOPLE'Beautifully written, immersive' THE TIMES'Our favourite TJR novel yet' COSMOPOLITAN'I absolutely adored this' BRYONY GORDON'Breathtaking' HEAT'Unputdownable' GRAZIA