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Jul 19, 2013 · Seven of the first 30 astronaut wives lost their husbands during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo years. This sad, poignant book makes it clear that those women weren’t the only widows.
Jun 11, 2013 · The Astronaut Wives Club is a fast and entertaining look at the lives of the wives of the first American astronauts. The Mercury Seven who included the wife of John Glenn the first man to orbit Earth. The Gemini Nine that included the wife of Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the Moon.
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Jul 19, 2013 · The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story. By Lily Koppel. It was no joy ride being married to one of America’s astronauts in the 1960s and 1970s.
Apr 10, 2020 · Length: 7 hours 46 minutes / 302 pages. Source: Audio via Library / Print via Publisher. Summary: 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.
Lily Koppel spoke with surviving wives and their families, allowing them to tell their stories in their own voices, then used those stories to construct this dishy, irreverent, bittersweet, poignant memoir.
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Jun 11, 2013 · The Astronaut Wives Club. by Lily Koppel. About the Book. 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.
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Jun 11, 2013 · The Astronaut Wives Club. by Lily Koppel. Publication Date: June 11, 2013. Genres: History, Nonfiction. Hardcover: 288 pages. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN-10: 1455503258.