Atmosphere

<b>***THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER***<br> <br> 'Tipped to be this summer's biggest read' <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br> 'A richly drawn page-turner' <i>OBSERVER</i><br> 'Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet' <i>COSMOPOLITAN</i><br> 'I absolutely adored this' BRYONY GORDON<br> 'A breathtaking, quietly staggering tale of female empowerment, desire, and our place in the universe' <i>HEAT</i><br> 'Unputdownable' <i>GRAZIA</i><br> <br> READERS ARE SAYING...<br> 'So emotional by the end that I could hardly speak' - Reader Review, 5*****<br> 'Melted my heart by the end' - Reader Review, 5*****<br> 'Taylor Jenkins Reid is the master of a really great love story' - Reader Review, 5*****<br> 'Taylor Jenkins Reid's best book yet' - Reader Review, 5*****<br> <br> An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.</b><br> <br> 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 pilot Hank Redmond; mission specialists John Griffin and Lydia Danes; warmhearted 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.<br> <br> Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.<br> <br> <i>Atmosphere</i> is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best- transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love - this time among the stars.<br> <br> <b>'Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid?' <i>DAILY MAIL</i></b><br> <br> <b>'Packs a hefty emotional punch' <i>MAIL ON SUNDAY</i></b><br> <br> <b>'Thrilling ... heartbreaking ... uplifting. Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel <i>Atmosphere</i> is the fast-paced, emotionally-charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion ... I loved it' KRISTIN HANNAH, author of <i>The Women</i><br> <br> 'NASA? Space missions? The 80s? This is a collection of all the things I love. Great story, excellent research and accuracy, and a thrilling conclusion.' ANDY WEIR, author of <i>Project Hail Mary</i> and <i>The Martian</i></b>