In conversation with Susan Ayotte Norman, SMU
Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid, is set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program. Joan Goodwin, obsessed with stars as long as she can remember, is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University. This all changes when she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program.
Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, she 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.
Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places while telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love.
Taylor Jenkins Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
TICKET PRICES:
One ticket + one signed hardcover copy of Atmosphere
Public: $55, DMA Member/Educator: $50, Student: $45
This event does not include a post-event book signing with the author; however, all copies of Atmosphere will be pre-signed.
This event does not have a livestream option.
