The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel - ISBN: 9780755362622
Paperback
Behind the brave smiles, secrets and friendships soared in the Space Race.

The Astronaut Wives Club

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    25 March 2014

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Summary

As American astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from shy military spouses to American royalty: having tea with Jackie Kennedy, attending high society galas, and being featured on the cover of Life magazine. They quickly grew into fashion icons, donning sherbet-swirled Pucci dresses and lacquering their hair into extravagant rocket styles (to match their husbands’ spaceships).…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755362622
ISBN-10:0755362624
Author:Lily Koppel
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:25 March 2014
Weight:248g
Dimensions:197mm x 131mm x 22mm
About The Author

Lily Koppel

Lily Koppel is the bestselling author of The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal. She writes for the New York Times, and her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, the Huffington Post, and Glamour.

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