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Our Book Club selection for Dec. 9 is
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Here
is a brief description from Amazon.com:
"Joan 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 yearns to be one of the few people to go
to space. Selected 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 f ly any plane.
As the new astronauts become unlikely friends
and prepare for their first f lights, 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. Then, in December of
1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an
instant. Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional,
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."
Our meetings are held on the second
Tuesday of each month at 9:30 am in the RCN,
Activity Room #3. All our book selections are
recommended by book club members. Someone volunteers to lead
the discussion about the book we have chosen for the month.
For more information about the Four Seasons Book Club or to get
your name on our mailing list, please contact me at michelesrosen@
gmail.com. ~ Micki Rosen
Book Club
