***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
