What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

The only thing I can remember about this book is that the space shuttle exploding was a recurring theme that was somehow linked to another dramatic event.

There's a book called Loose Ends about time travelers trying to prevent the Challenger explosion Loose Ends

Iain, I moved your request to the "Unsolved" folder because you're looking for a specific book.

Tips for posting a book request - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Andy wrote: "There's a book called Loose Ends about time travelers trying to prevent the Challenger explosion Loose Ends"
No - not Loose Ends (though it sounds good).

When did you read it?
Cover?
What genre is it? E.g. suspense, drama, sci-fi, adventure, mystery, thriller, chick lit...

Was it about the Challenger explosion?

The only information I can remember is irrelevant. I bought it in Frankfurt. It was probably a remaindered book. It wasn't about the space shuttle explosion but that event was mentioned and was linked to the events in the book.

There's a shuttle explosion early in Edward Lerner's Moonstruck Moonstruck that plays into the bigger plot. What year did you read your book.

I read it sometime around 2008-2009 maybe 2010

Moonstruck (from 2005) is a possibility then.

No, it's not moonstruck. I don't think it was a science-based story of any kind - and definitely not sci-fi

Iain wrote: "No, it's not moonstruck. I don't think it was a science-based story of any kind - and definitely not sci-fi"

Ok, I added that to your header.

Is it a mystery (e.g., Amid the Ashes and the Dust by Clay Mitchell)?

Taking Off?

Kris wrote: "Is it a mystery (e.g., Amid the Ashes and the Dust by Clay Mitchell)?"

Yes, I think it was some kind of mystery but not that one. I think the both space shuttle disasters (Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003) are mentioned in the book.

Iain, still looking or did you find it?

Still looking. I think it's a hopeless case, though. I can't remember enough about it to give good clues.

Iain, is this book written for adults? Fiction or non-fiction? Did it feel like a thriller?

Location(s)?

I copied some book details to the header/ topic title. Feel free to edit it.

Against Gravity?

Set in a drowsy town in the Hudson Valley, Ferriss's tale of Gwyn "Stick" Stickley's childhood unfolds in gripping fashion. Relating her story as a young adult, Stick marks the beginning of her sentience with the Challenger space shuttle crash and the death of teacher Christa McAuliffe. Throughout her narrative, Stick invokes a talisman-like verse that sums up for her both the beauty and the otherworldliness of that tragedy: "They slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God." Later, trapped between the torpor of high-school hijinks and her estrangement from her overworked parents, Stick abets her friend JoAnn Harlett, the school "easy," who contrives to deliver an illegitimate baby without the knowledge of her fundamentalist parents. Again and again, Stick finds her memories flitting outward to probe the crevices of small-town secrets--from those of Gray, the shopowner accused of molesting his foster children, to those of her friends and family--and then bending back inward, toward the mysteries of God, death and the extraordinary nobility the Challenger disaster exemplifies for her.