| Chapter |
When? |
Plot |
| I: Salt Draw |
1901 - 1912 |
- flash flood
- tornado
- the Caseys move from Texas to Arizona
|
| II:The Miraculous Staircase |
1912 - 1916 |
- “Eureka”
- Lily has to leave school
- she travels to Red Lake in order to become a teacher
|
| III: Promises |
1916 - 1928 |
- Minnie Hanagan dies
- Lily marries Ted Conover
- She finds out that Ted is a bigamist
- annulment of the marriage
|
| IV: The Red Silk Shirt |
1928 - 1930 |
- Lily gets to know Jim Smith
- Helen is pregnant and not married
- She committs suicide in Red Lake
|
| V: Lambs |
1930 - 1937* |
- Lily and Jim marry
- Rosemary and Little Jim are born
- AIC ranch
|
| VI: Teacher Lady |
1937* - 1940 |
- Hackberry and the AIC ranch
- Lily’s denouncements
|
| VII: The Garden Eden |
1940 - 1945* |
- Lily earns her degree
- Rosemary does not trust her mother anymore
- the Smiths lose the AIC ranch
|
| VIII: Gumshoes |
1945 - 1946 |
- Phoenix
- the Smiths do not like the city life there
- they resolve to leave Phoenix
|
| IX: The Flyboy |
1946 - 1956 |
- Lily has to recognize that she does not have power over her daughter anymore
- Rosemary marries Rex Walls although Lily has not agreed
|
| Epilogue |
1956 - 1960 |
- Jeannette Walls is born
- Lily decides to take care of her grandchildren
|
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