What We're Reading: Laurie

The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe

Close calls, high speed, claustrophobic spaces, hours of grueling mental, emotional and physical tests, not to mention months away from family and friends, create the winning combination for the "right stuff." Tom Wolfe tells the story of the top seven U.S. pilots chosen to become the first Americans to participate in the very beginnings of the space program. Wolfe describes this unbelievable, sometimes frightening, story with a hilarious slant that makes the book difficult to put down.