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The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story
The Astronaut Wives Club A True Story
Author: Lily Koppel
In a thoroughly researched page-turner that transports readers back to the beginnings of our space race, bestselling author Lily Koppel reveals for the first time the stories and secrets of America's unsung heroes-the wives of our original astronauts. — As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television came...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781455503254
ISBN-10: 1455503258
Publication Date: 6/11/2013
Pages: 384
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  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 30 ratings
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Not a story so much as a collection of anecdotes that together give an idea of life during that time. For that reason - the understanding of being a woman and especially the wife of one of the hero astronauts - it's interesting, but you don't really get to know any of the wives in depth.
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Absolutely loved this book; a true story of the wives of the NASA astronauts. It details their stresses, formalities, pleasures and travails of being the women behind the men on the moon.


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