{"product_id":"the-father-son-and-holy-patrick-mullane-9798638708986","title":"The Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut's Kid in the Glorious 80s","description":"\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe families behind America's astronaut heroes are just like yours ... sort of. This is the hilarious true story of one of those families.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many children grow up wanting to become an astronaut, Patrick Mullane grew up the child of one. In his memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut's Kid in the Glorious 80s\u003c\/em\u003e, Mullane shares his hilarious coming-of-age story. It's a story about his quirky and death-defying father, a mother with a secret, and a cast of characters from his extended family who showed their love for him in often bizarre ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1978, when Mullane was ten years old, his father, Mike Mullane, was chosen in the very first group of space shuttle astronauts - a group that included Sally Ride (America's first woman in space) and four members of the \u003cem\u003eChallenger\u003c\/em\u003e crew who were lost when it tore apart in 1986. In \u003cem\u003eThe Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle, \u003c\/em\u003e Mullane tells of how his father's profession defined him, first as a young \"military brat\" hopping from base to base with his parents and two sisters, and then as a pimple-faced, unknown nerd in a large Houston high school where he often felt like one of the pathetic underdog characters in a John Hughes film of the day. \u003cem\u003eThe Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle\u003c\/em\u003e is about Mullane's hilarious efforts to be a hero in his own world as he believed his father and his pop culture icons - Indiana Jones, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker - were in theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle\u003c\/em\u003e is an uplifting story at a time when the world desperately needs one. With each turned page, you will hope that there is just one more paragraph, one more chapter, one more gut-busting laugh waiting. And you will come to appreciate in a way never before possible the sacrifices \"astro families\" make for their astronaut loved one, for their nation, and for each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Mullane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 863870898X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798638708986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.61d","brand":"Patrick Mullane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042511450367,"sku":"9798638708986","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66dab195-a405-4951-8778-08bcf93ef5a1.jpg?v=1684961962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-father-son-and-holy-patrick-mullane-9798638708986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}