The Time It Takes to Fall : A Novel (Paperback)

from CatieN

This is parallel coming-of-age stories of Dolores and NASA's space shuttle program. Dolores's father works for NASA. He is a technician on the solid rocket boosters. Dolores's mother is a housewife who has to dive into the workforce during a time when her husband is laid off. Dolores is 13, brill...

from sunshine608

Great Book. The story and the writing are both the kind that stick with you long after you put the book the down.

from bobbieharv

A pitch-perfect book, about a young girl who wants to become an astronaut. Her father loses his job at NASA, her mother leaves, and she makes her way through her first relationships with boys and friends at a new school in a poignant, captivating way.

from chrisblocker

I really enjoyed this novel. Once I was into the story, I found myself staying up late to read "just one more chapter" (or two or three). Nothing extraordinarily exciting happens in these pages, but I was pulled in as if a great reveal awaited me in the next chapter. Craft-wise, The Time It Takes...

from CatieN

This is parallel coming-of-age stories of Dolores and NASA's space shuttle program. Dolores's father works for NASA. He is a technician on the solid rocket boosters. Dolores's mother is a housewife who has to dive into the workforce during a time when her husband is laid off. Dolores is 13, brill...