Buy the astronaut wives club 1st edition by koppel, lily isbn. The astronaut wives club by lily koppel this book is not so much rocket as dud squib. The true story behind the new abc series, the astronaut. The astronaut wives club is a 20 new york times bestselling book by the american author lily koppel. Lily koppel is a bestselling author and journalist. Lily koppel, who wrote about the young spouses of americas first spacemen in the astronaut wives club, is on tour to promote the books.
It is reasonable to claim that these women held the space program together in its early years. It was first published on june 11, 20 through the hachette book group and provided the basis for the 2015 television series of the same name. The astronaut wives club tells the story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in american history. The astronaut wives club is an american period drama television series developed by stephanie savage for abc. Astronaut wives author marks books 1st year with new softcover. Nothing against the movement, but other than the time period, it had little to do with how these women lived as astronauts wives. Enter lily koppels the astronaut wives club, the true story of the spouses of americas mercury seven, a group of astronauts selected by nasa in 1959 to head a number of new space missions. The wives were completely shocked, worrying about how america would judge them.
Together with the other wives they formed the astronaut wives club, providing one another with support and friendship, coffee and cocktails. As their celebrity roseand as divorce and tragedy began to touch their livesthe wives continued to rally together, forming bonds that would withstand the test of time, and they have stayed friends for. As americas mercury seven astronauts were launched on. The astronaut wives club is a clever and engaging book celebrating a group of women who, today, are often overlooked if not forgotten. As lily koppel writes in the astronaut wives club, a book whose cover image is the life photo in question. The series tells the story of the wives of the mercury sevenamericas first group of astronauts. Not surprisingly, therefore, it never really takes off.