THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTipped to be this summers biggest read SUNDAY TIMESA richly drawn page-turner OBSERVERQuite possibly our favourite TJR novel yet COSMOPOLITANI absolutely adored this BRYONY GORDONA breathtaking, quietly staggering tale of female empowerment, desire, and our place in the universe HEATUnputdownable GRAZIAREADERS ARE SAYING... So emotional by the end that I could hardly speak - Reader Review, 5Melted my heart by the end - Reader Review, 5Taylor Jenkins Reid is the master of a really great love story - Reader Review, 5Taylor Jenkins Reids best book yet - Reader Review, 5An 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 Houstons 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 MAILPacks a hefty emotional punch MAIL ON SUNDAYThrilling ... heartbreaking ... uplifting. Taylor Jenkins Reids novel Atmosphere is the fast-paced, emotionally-charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her pas