Helpful Score: 3
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.
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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A look into what it was like to be married to an American hero during the late 60's and early 70's. After learning what the wives put up with from NASA and what the expectations were, I realized we have indeed "come a long way baby". It was a picture of perfection that was to be presented to the public and the wives and children were expected to deliver that. They relied on each other and smoking and drinking were a way they coped with the stress. Most of them divorced but many of them are still friends to this day. A good read and I recommend it.
Book is easy to read...presents a factual side to the space program from the wives' standpoint!
If you lived in the this era of early space program, it will give a new perspective to the events that transpired!
If you lived in the this era of early space program, it will give a new perspective to the events that transpired!
As a portrait of the women behind the men in America's space program, this book provides some insight into lives at once lived under the microscope of publicity yet at the same time largely ignored. As the flip side of "The Right Stuff", it's pretty thin broth.
Betty Grissom, surprisingly, emerges as one of the more interesting characters.
Betty Grissom, surprisingly, emerges as one of the more interesting characters.
Okay book but have to say
Not very entertaining. Found the wives pretty predictable!
Not very entertaining. Found the wives pretty predictable!
