Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Atmosphere : a love story  Cover Image Book Book

Atmosphere : a love story / Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593158715
  • ISBN: 0593158717
  • Physical Description: x, 337 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Color illustration on endpapers.
Includes author's note on pages [ix]-x.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references on unnumbered page at back of book.
Summary, etc.:
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 at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when 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 aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.
Subject: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Love > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Space shuttles > Fiction.
Woman-woman relationships > Fiction.
Women astronauts > Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women > Fiction.
Nineteen eighties > Fiction.
Women college teachers.
Houston (Tex.) > Fiction.
Astronauts > Fiction.
Lesbians > Fiction.
LGBTQ
Genre: Lesbian fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 0 of 14 copies available at GRPL.

Holds

89 current holds with 14 total copies.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Madison Square Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026365843 New Checked out 07/09/2025
Main Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026360695 New Checked out 07/29/2025
Main Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026360703 New Checked out 07/28/2025
Main Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026360711 New On holds shelf -
Main Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026365850 New Checked out 07/12/2025
Ottawa Hills Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026365835 New Checked out 07/17/2025
Seymour Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026360687 New Checked out 07/11/2025
Seymour Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026365827 New Checked out 07/18/2025
Van Belkum Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026365819 New Checked out 07/18/2025
West Leonard Fiction Reid (Text) 31307026360679 New Checked out 07/10/2025
Next 10 »

Syndetic Solutions - Summary for ISBN Number 9780593158715
Atmosphere: a GMA Book Club Pick : A Love Story
Atmosphere: a GMA Book Club Pick : A Love Story
by Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Rate this title:
vote data
Click an element below to view details:

Summary

Atmosphere: a GMA Book Club Pick : A Love Story


#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * 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 about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. The stunning hardcover of Atmosphere features beautiful endpapers and a premium dust jacket! "Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion."--Kristin Hannah, author of The Women "NASA? Space missions? The '80s? This is a collection of all the things I love."--Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian 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 at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when 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 aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant. Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere 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.

Additional Resources