{"product_id":"atmosphere-target-edition-9798217093762b","title":"Atmosphere (Target Edition)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFrom the author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDaisy Jones \u0026amp; The Six\u003c\/span\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stunning hardcover of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAtmosphere \u003c\/span\u003efeatures beautiful endpapers and a premium dust jacket!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTime, NPR, People, Good Housekeeping, them, Marie Claire, Elle, Seattle Times, Book Riot, Library Journal, Chicago Public Library, She Reads, Denver Public Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAtmosphere \u003c\/span\u003eis 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“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 \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“NASA? Space missions? The ’80s? This is a collection of all the things I love.”—Andy Weir, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eProject Hail Mary\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823481131088,"sku":"9798217093762B","price":13.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9798217093762-l.jpg?v=1785892416","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/atmosphere-target-edition-9798217093762b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}