Description

***THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***

‘The read of the summer’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A richly drawn page-turner’ OBSERVER
‘Beautifully written, immersive’ THE TIMES
‘Our favourite TJR novel yet’ COSMOPOLITAN
‘I absolutely adored this’ BRYONY GORDON

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, Joan Goodwin 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, everything changes in an instant.

Atmosphere is a 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

‘Thrilling … heartbreaking … uplifting. … I loved it’
KRISTIN HANNAH, author of The Women

‘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

‘Breathtaking’
HEAT

‘Unputdownable’
GRAZIA

Publisher Review

Tipped as the read of the summer * Sunday Times * A richly drawn page-turner ... It would take a stony reader to turn away from its pleasures ... Melding action thriller emergency with star-crossed romance ... I'd be lying if I said my eyes weren't wet by the end * Observer * Quite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet ... Even if you're not a big space fan, you can't help but fall for this cosmic tale * Cosmopolitan * A breathtaking, quietly staggering tale of female empowerment, desire, and our place in the universe * Heat * Is there a popular fiction writer alive who conveys falling in love better than Taylor Jenkins Reid? * Daily Mail * You'll see this one on every sun lounger this summer * iPaper * An ambitious novel that explores human limitation, sacrifice and the essence of love itself * Woman & Home * Takes you on a journey to show the lengths we go to for love. Sure to be a must-read * Fabulous * Atmosphere is at once epic and intimate, heart-wrenching and hopeful. It's an escapist novel of the best kind with a final few pages that will leave you utterly breathless * Culturefly * Moving, pacey and a read that will stick with you * Press Association *