Timeline for the book


1941: Wyatt born
April 15, 1946: Ada born
Fall, 1962: Ada enters K.U.
April, 1963: Ada and Wyatt become lovers
March, 1964: Owen beaten
March, 1964: Wyatt moves to L.A.
June, 1964: Ada breaks with Wyatt
July, 1965: Ada dates Ted
late 1965: Ada starts dating Owen
summer 1967: Ada begins grad school
summer 1970: Ada gets her first Ph.D.
May 1970: Ada marries Owen
early 1971: Ada starts on her second Ph.D.
February 1975: Ada walks out on her oral defense
June 1975: Clover born
late 1975: Ada flees to Costa Rica
Early 1976: Wyatt comes to Monteverde
August 1977: Gabriel is born
mid-1978: Thomas dies
late 1978: return to Lawrence
July 1979: Melody born
May 1988: chapter about the children and the dog
fall 1990: Clover blackmails her teacher
summer 1992: party
summer 1994: Melody and Gary
spring 1997: Clover and Samuel get started
July 1996: Melody runs away
May 1997: Ada and Wyatt visit Melody in S.F.
2002: Wyatt dies
2002: Melody returns to Lawrence
June 2005: Melody dies