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  • Landing

  • A Point in Time collection
  • By: Olivia Hawker
  • Narrated by: Scott Lange
  • Length: 59 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (171 ratings)

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Landing

By: Olivia Hawker
Narrated by: Scott Lange
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Publisher's summary

Doubt plagues a new marriage when a young NASA engineer focuses more on the Apollo 11 moon landing than his own future in this poignant short story by bestselling author Olivia Hawker.

Alan is able to imagine every way critical equipment might break during the launch and landing of Apollo 11. But his experience in preventing cosmic disasters does nothing to prepare him for the pressures of a hasty marriage to a woman he barely knows—or the strain of keeping up appearances amid the shifting social attitudes of the late ’60s. When a crisis at home forces Alan back to earth, he’s faced with a choice he doesn’t know how to make: whether to let go or move forward.

Olivia Hawker’s Landing is part of A Point in Time, a transporting collection of stories about the pivotal moments, past and present, that change lives. Read or listen to each immersive story in a single sitting.

©2022 Olivia Hawker. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Moon Beams

I really like this book, i just wish thrtr was more of it. i remember the Apollo mission like it was yesterday. Olivia Hawker is one of my favorite authors.

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Neat book.

Gotta find more of them. Thanks for the listen. Great short relaxing story full of romance.

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Landing by Olivia Hawker

Excellent! Very interesting, as taken first person, the events of that time period. The stress must have been awful at times. I remember watching that launch on T.V.. Thank-you

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An interesting read

This was a short story worth listening to. I plan to read every book written by this author. I am most appreciative to Audible for introducing me to Olivia Hawker. I plan to continue on in listening to the rest of the novellas in Audible's series. Thank you very much.

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excellent Book 3

this point in time series had introduced me to new authors. so far I've not been disappointed.

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It was too short lacking in substance

The tale was over before I could begin to being invested I the story. too short

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Meh

I'm a big fan of Hawker's novels but this short comes up, we'll, short. It's just not very satisfying and neither character is particularly likeable. The narrator is quite good, though.

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Not for me

The writing wasn't good or bad. Nothing exciting or boring or memorable. It just was. I'm not sure what the point was from the author's side,... ??

I understand the message for those that read it. I did like the very last scene. That is all though. It felt like a waste of my time.

Not recommended.

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How Utterly Disappointing

I have always enjoyed the other books by Hawker but this was terrible! Terrible writing that sounded like a teenager wrote it and the plot wasn’t any better.

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Not much going on

Overall rather bland and just not much of a story. Very little to add frankly.

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