Publication Date: 03/06/2025 ISBN: 9781529152975 Category: Books

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Publisher: Cornerstone

Publication Date: 03/06/2025 ISBN: 9781529152975 Category: Books

Hardback £20.00

Mr B's review

NASA, 1984. Joan Goodwin, one of the first female astronauts to be accepted into the space shuttle program, is acting as CAPCOM: the sole line of communication between Mission Control and the astronauts aboard The Navigator. Deeply brilliant, yet often underestimated and overlooked, Joan’s no stranger to balancing the expectations of the era with her own desires and ambitions. But when unexpected disaster strikes The Navigator, this balancing act becomes impossible… because the person Joan loves most is aboard.

Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her absolute best: completely transportive and wholly compelling, depicting iconic times and places with a thrilling intensity. A passionate love story set amongst the stars, this book wrecked me in the best possible way. Easily her best book yet! – Liv

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***THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER***

‘Tipped to be this summer’s biggest read’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A richly drawn page-turner’ OBSERVER
‘Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet’ COSMOPOLITAN
‘I absolutely adored this’ BRYONY GORDON
‘A breathtaking, quietly staggering tale of female empowerment, desire, and our place in the universe’ HEAT
‘Unputdownable’ GRAZIA

READERS ARE SAYING…
‘So emotional by the end that I could hardly speak’ – Reader Review, 5*****
‘Melted my heart by the end’ – Reader Review, 5*****
‘Taylor Jenkins Reid is the master of a really great love story’ – Reader Review, 5*****
‘Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best book yet’ – Reader Review, 5*****

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.

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.

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, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love – this time among the stars.

‘Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid?’ DAILY MAIL

‘Packs a hefty emotional punch’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Thrilling … heartbreaking … uplifting. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel Atmosphere 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 The Women

‘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 Project Hail Mary and The Martian

Publisher Review

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 *