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<p>from The Author Of The Acclaimed And Best-selling <i>the Gates Of The Alamo</i>, A Novel Of Extraordinary Power About What It&#8217;s Like, And What It Means, To Journey Into Space As One Of Today&#8217;s Astronauts.<p>at The Novel&#8217;s Center&#58; Lucy Kincheloe, An Astronaut Married To An Astronaut, The Loving Mother Of Two Young Children, With A Fierce Ambition To Excel In The Space Program. Her Husband, Brian, A Rigorous Man Whose Dreams Of Glory Have Been Blighted By Two Star-crossed Missions. Walt Womack, The Steady, Unflappable Leader Of The Training Team That Prepares Lucy For Her First Shuttle Flight.<p>lucy Has Devoted Years Of Intense And Focused Effort To Win Her Place On A Mission, But As Her Lifelong Dream Of Flying In Space Comes True, Her Familiar World Appears To Be Falling Apart Around Her. Her Marriage Is Deteriorating. Her Son&#8217;s Asthma Is Growing More Serious. Her Relationship With Walt Womack Is Becoming Dangerously Intimate. And When At Last...</p><h3>the New York York Times - Thomas Mallon</h3><p>&#8230; <i>challenger Park</i> Turns Out To Be A Fine, Absorbing Achievement, Probably The Best Science-factual Novel About The Space-faring Worlds Of Houston And Cape Canaveral In The Nearly Half-century Since The First Astronauts Were Chosen.</p>