The Astronaut Wives Club – Review

Ever since I was little, I dreamed of being an astronaut. Never mind how foolish of a dream it was, it was my dream. I wanted to walk on the moon. I wanted to grow a garden on Saturn… Pluto was a planet… and just like Pluto’s planetary status, my dream of being an astronaut was not to be. But for some, it became reality. For those pioneers of space travel in the United States, having a dutiful wife at home was a requirement; all of the astronauts in the early days of NASA had to have the perfect American family, or at least the appearance of one.

This book is about their wives, and how they dealt with their husbands’ ever-so-dangerous careers.

For a change, I have no trigger warnings for you, this book was very tame. I suppose I could warn you that there is some marital conflict, but any true story about marriages and lives will have that. I give The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel 7 petals because it is a good solid history of these women’s lives. I do not feel personally that this book goes above and beyond what is to be expected in a historical recollection of a specific group, and that is the only reason for such a low score.

Big Little Lies – a Review

Liane Moriarty brings us Big Little Lies, a book with a huge message.

A solid book which only had one major drawback for me, and that was the “cop-show” style in which the story was presented. I am not sure if this is the author’s style, or if it was just for this book because this is my first book by her, but rest assured, I will be reading more!

Trigger Warnings: Domestic Violence, Violence Against Children, Sexual Violence, Revenge