The astronaut wives club
The true story of the wives behind the American Space Race, the challenges they faced in the fifties and sixties, and the forty-year friendship that bound them together.
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Astronauts > Family relationships > Texas > Houston > Biography. Wives > Texas > Houston > Biography. Women > Texas > Houston > Social life and customs > 20th century. Astronautics > United States > History. |
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Plataways. Sound recordings. Biographies. |
- ISBN: 9781478979166
- Physical Description 1 audio media player (8 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
- Publisher New York : Hachette Audio, [2013]
- Copyright ℗2013
Content descriptions
General Note: | Requires AAA battery and headphones for playback. Unabridged. GMD: playaway. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Orlagh Cassidy. |
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The Astronaut Wives Club : A True Story
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The Astronaut Wives Club : A True Story
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 cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons, donning sherbet-swirled Pucci dresses and lacquering their hair into extravagant rocket styles. Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage and many magazine features, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde bombshell Rene Carpenter was proclaimed JFK's favorite; Betty Grissom worried her husband was having affairs; Louise Shepard just wanted to be left alone; and licensed pilot Trudy Cooper arrived on base with a dirty secret. With each spectacular launch, they worried they might never see their husbands again. Together they formed the Astronaut Wives Club. A fascinating, dishy and moving read,, set against the backdrop of the Space Age and a country that would be forever changed by it, THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history.