{"product_id":"in-the-quick-paperback","title":"In the Quick - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Hope Day\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA\u003c\/i\u003e BUZZ PICK - A young, ambitious female astronaut's life is upended by a love affair that threatens the rescue of a lost crew in this brilliantly imagined novel \"with echoes of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven, The Martian, \u003c\/i\u003e and, yes, \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eVULTURE \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eSHE READS\u003c\/i\u003e - \"The female astronaut novel we never knew we needed.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJune is a brilliant but difficult girl with a gift for mechanical invention who leaves home to begin grueling astronaut training at the National Space Program. Younger by two years than her classmates at Peter Reed, the school on campus named for her uncle, she flourishes in her classes but struggles to make friends and find true intellectual peers. Six years later, she has gained a coveted post as an engineer on a space station--and a hard-won sense of belonging--but is haunted by the mystery of \u003ci\u003eInquiry, \u003c\/i\u003e a revolutionary spacecraft powered by her beloved late uncle's fuel cells. The spacecraft went missing when June was twelve years old, and while the rest of the world seems to have forgotten the crew, June alone has evidence that makes her believe they are still alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe seeks out James, her uncle's former protégé, also brilliant, also difficult, who has been trying to discover why \u003ci\u003eInquiry\u003c\/i\u003e's fuel cells failed. James and June forge an intense intellectual bond that becomes an electric attraction. But the relationship that develops between them as they work to solve the fuel cell's fatal flaw threatens to destroy everything they've worked so hard to create--and any chance of bringing the \u003ci\u003eInquiry\u003c\/i\u003e crew home alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA propulsive narrative of one woman's persistence and journey to self-discovery, \u003ci\u003eIn the Quic\u003c\/i\u003ek is an exploration of the strengths and limits of human ability in the face of hardship, and the costs of human ingenuity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition includes a bonus chapter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Hope Day \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eIf, Then\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds a BA from Bryn Mawr College and a PhD in English from the University of Pittsburgh. She was an associate producer at HBO. She lives in Oregon with her husband and their two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.11 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765906374944,"sku":"9780525511274","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f8836f51500cc30ce23a2a6231eb3ff4.webp?v=1780282719","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-quick-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}