Monday, Monday
Record details
- ISBN: 0374228825 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780374228828 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0374228825 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780374228828 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0374228825 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
340 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | On a 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 his rampage was over, sixteen people would be killed and thirty-two wouned. It was the first mass shooting of civilians on a campus in American history. This novel follows three students caught up in the massacre: Shelly, who left her math class and walked directly into the path of the bullets, and two cousins, Wyatt and Jack, who rushed from their classrooms to help the victims. On this day, a relationship began that wouldl eventually entangle these three young people in a forbidden love affair, an illicit pregnancy, and a vow of secrecy that would span forty years. In this story of a woman determined to make peace with herself, and with a history that will not let her go, the author explores the ways in which we sustain ourselves and each other when the unthinkable happens. -- From book jacket. |
Summary, etc.: | On a 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 his rampage was over, sixteen people would be killed and thirty-two wouned. It was the first mass shooting of civilians on a campus in American history. This novel follows three students caught up in the massacre: Shelly, who left her math class and walked directly into the path of the bullets, and two cousins, Wyatt and Jack, who rushed from their classrooms to help the victims. On this day, a relationship began that wouldl eventually entangle these three young people in a forbidden love affair, an illicit pregnancy, and a vow of secrecy that would span forty years. In this story of a woman determined to make peace with herself, and with a history that will not let her go, the author explores the ways in which we sustain ourselves and each other when the unthinkable happens. -- From book jacket. |
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Subject: | College students Fiction Campus violence Fiction School shootings Fiction Colleges and universities Fiction Adoption Fiction Secrets Fiction School shootings Fiction |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Cro (Text) | 33160125543432 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | F CROOK (Text) | 34030129696156 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Monday, Monday : A Novel
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Summary
Monday, Monday : A Novel
In this gripping, emotionally charged novel, a tragedy in Texas changes the course of three lives 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. At its core, it is the story of a woman determined to make peace with herself, with the people she loves, and with a history that will not let her go. A humane treatment of a national tragedy, it marks a generous and thrilling new direction for a gifted American writer.