hmcgivney 's review for:

4.0

Fun and very gossipy account of the astro wife experience. They truly were going through something entirely new and the reporters were given unprecedented access to them; the wives had to live their lives and try to smother their fear in front of the entire world.

I think the tv adaptation made a good choice in focusing more closely on the original Mercury seven wives. This slim volume couldn't really do justice to all fifty plus wives and I suffered a bit from "now who's that again" as others have mentioned. Overall though, I enjoyed it quite a lot. The narrator's style definitely contributed to the gossipy tone of the stories.