The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story (38 page)

Commander of the Apollo 11 mission Neil Armstrong and his family: wife Janet, and sons Ricky and Mark.
(Courtesy: NASA)

Second man to walk on the Moon after Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot of the Apollo 11 mission, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and his family: his actress wife, Joan, and children Mike, Jan, and Andrew.
(Courtesy: NASA)

About the Author

Lily Koppel is the bestselling author of
The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal
(Harper, 2008). She has written for the
New York Times,
the
New York Times Magazine
, the
New York Times Book Review
, the
Huffington Post
, and
Glamour
.

Also by Lily Koppel

The Red Leather Diary

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Contents

Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Author’s Note
1: Introducing the Wives
2: Think Pink
3: The Cookies
4: Jackie
5: Primly Stable
6: Squaresville
7: Space City, U.S.A.
8: The Galaxy Ball
9: Togethersville
10: The Astro-Pageant
11: The Lemon
12: Women’s Lib
13: Susie
14: The Dark Side of the Moon
15: The Giant Leap
16: Everywoman
Epilogue: The Reunion
Acknowledgments
Photos
About the Author
Also by Lily Koppel
Newsletters
Copyright

Copyright © 2013 by Red Leather Diary Inc.
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