Name: The Astronaut Wives Club
ISBN: 9781455503254

Lily Koppel

"Describes what lives were like for a group of military wives, including Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter, Betty Grissom and Louise Shepherd, who were thrust into the spotlight when their husbands became Mercury Seven astronauts and made them stars. 200,000 first printing."

A True Story

The Astronaut Wives Club

Toni Turner

This book was so sweet and enjoyable! I love everything about it. I honestly felt like I was transported back in the day and was living in Texas with all the astronaut wives in their closed off community. I felt brilliant after finishing this book. I feel like I learned so much. Very very good book!

Chelsea White

It was interesting to read about the astronauts' wives' trials as their husbands were traveling in space, however I found this book to be a bit hard to follow at times. It seemed like the author was trying to fit in the various social movements of the 60s and 70s into the book, when there was little to no interaction between them and the wives. The writing style was definitely jumpy, and could be annoying to navigate. Overall an interesting story, but not necessarily one that I would recommend to others.

Anna Pinto

It was great to read about the wives and mothers the american space program - at the time, practically the only women involved in it - their struggles, their fears and the expectation of NASA and the american government for them to be perfect "astrowives".

The Astronaut Wives Club A True Story

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