Monday, Monday

A Novel

Elizabeth Crook

• Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780374228828
• eBook ISBN: 9780374711375
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

"This rapturous novel starts with one of the most heinous shootings in history, yet every page shines with life.... [A] stunning achievement." —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times –bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You On an oppressively hot Monday in August of 1966, a student and former marine named Charles Whitman hauled a footlocker of guns to the top of the University of Texas tower and began firing on pedestrians below. Before it was over, sixteen people had been killed and thirty-two wounded. It was the first mass shooting of civilians on a campus in American history. Monday, Monday follows three students caught up in the massacre: Shelly, who leaves her math class and walks directly into the path of the bullets, and two cousins, Wyatt and Jack, who heroically rush from their classrooms to help the victims. On this searing day, a relationship begins that will eventually entangle these three young people in a forbidden love affair, an illicit pregnancy, and a vow of secrecy that will span forty years. Reunited decades after the tragedy, they will be forced to confront the event that changed their lives and that has silently and persistently ruled the lives of their children. With electrifying storytelling and powerful sense of destiny, Elizabeth Crook's Monday, Monday explores the ways in which we sustain ourselves and one another when the unthinkable happens. "Beautifully written... compelling... each character is honestly but lovingly portrayed" — BookPage "A vivid portrayal of resolve in the face of great tragedy." — Booklist "A gorgeous, worthy and entirely believable read." — San Antonio Express-News "Confident and lyrical as it smartly engages terror and its aftermath." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Rich and satisfying." — Library Journal "[An] intensely imagined novel." — Publishers Weekly

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Notice
• Dedication
• Contents
• 1. The Tower
• 2. Triage
• 3. Jack
• 4. Day from Night
• 5. Long-Distance
• 6. Tempera
• 7. A Perfect Likeness
• 8. What They Couldn’t Have
• 9. Before Long
• 10. How Afraid She Was
• 11. In the Rain
• 12. The Minnow Baby
• 13. What Jack Said
• 14. A Knock at the Door
• 15. In Those Long Months
• 16. Going Over
• 17. Aquarena
• 18. Her Name Is Carlotta
• 19. Dan
• 20. Painting Over
• 21. An Unlikely Gift
• 22. Due West
• 23. Lizard Mountain
• 24. Madeline
• 25. The Marfa Lights
• 26. The Secret Side of the Moon
• 27. Into the Woods
• 28. The Devil’s Sinkhole
• 29. Night Journey
• 30. The Lost Years
• 31. Andy
• 32. The Lovely Painting
• 33. Unpredictable Shifts
• 34. Carlotta’s Question
• 35. The Salt Air
• 36. A Mere Mishap
• 37. The Road West
• 38. An Uninvited Guest
• 39. A Second Uninvited Guest
• 40. The Blue Blouse
• 41. Promises, Promises
• 42. The Magic 8 Ball
• 43. A Search Party
• 44. Emmett Johnson, Mobile Veterinarian
• 45. The Tadpole’s Funeral
• 46. A Family Outing
• 47. Sorting Stones
• 48. Waiting for Carlotta
• 49. The End of the Rodeo
• 50. “One Kiss?”
• 51. The Fierce Wind
• 52. Moonlight Visit
• 53. The Up End of the Seesaw
• 54. A Night Sky
• 55. The Way Home
• 56. The Oyster Shell
• 57. From the Tower
• Acknowledgments
• Also by Elizabeth Crook
• A Note About the Author
• Copyright