New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - Texas author's fourth novel, one which focuses on "what its like, and what it means, to journey into space as one of todays astronauts. At the novels center: 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." 397 pp. ISBN: 978-0375412059.