- Skylab—Last
- Days
- of
- the
- Space
- Age—set
- against
- the
- backdrop
- of
- rural
- Australia.
- A
- family's
- bonds
- are
- tested.
- Rose,
- a
- strong
- and
- determined
- heroine,
- navigates
- a
- tumultuous
- path
- through
- the
- aftermath
- of
- Skylab's
- crash.1979
- NASA's
- Skylab
- space
- station
- Skylab
- came
- plummeting
- back
- to
- Earth
- above
- Esperance,
- WA.
- A
- fiery
- apparition
- and
- a
- loud
- series
- of
- sonic
- booms
- followed.
- The
- event
- sparked
- this
- story
- Australian
- story
- of
- second
- chance
- love
- by
- Ryn
- Shell,
- an
- author
- who
- experienced
- the
- early
- days
- of
- the
- space
- age,
- watching
- Neil
- Armstrong
- in
- 1969,
- became
- the
- first
- person
- to
- walk
- on
- the
- moon
- as
- she
- prepared
- to
- give
- birth
- to
- her
- first
- child.
- A
- gatherer
- of
- Australian
- oral
- history
- as
- she
- traveled
- through
- Australia
- as
- an
- artist
- in
- her
- youth,
- and
- as
- a
- grey
- nomad
- in
- her
- mature
- years,
- Rose's
- story
- is
- close
- to
- Ryn's
- heart.
NASA's
- policies
- regarding
- space
- junk
- unleashed
- unforeseen
- consequences.
- Rose
- embarks
- on
- a
- journey
- of
- healing,
- piecing
- together
- the
- fragments
- of
- her
- shattered
- life,
- discovering
- that
- beyond
- the
- thrill
- and
- heartbreak
- of
- adolescent
- love
- comes
- the
- transformative
- power
- of
- the
- second
- chance—family love.
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