***THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*** 'Tipped as the read of the summer' 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
