- Eva born

- Nov. – Sophie’s dad and husband (Casimir) are killed

- the time Sophie has a real home

- Apr. 1 – Stingo eating bananas to increase weight to enlist in Marine Corps

- July – Eddie Farrell killed at Okinawa, Stingo to Okinawa 

- Oct. 3 – Stingo’s dad’s birthday, Thomas Wolfe’s birthday, Nat Turner’s birthday

- Mar. 30 – Sophie and children leave Warsaw 

- Apr. 1 – Sophie arrives at Auschwitz, sends Eva to gas chamber

- end of Apr. – Sophie assaulted by female guard, placed in steno pool

- Sept. 24 – Sophie moves into Höss’s basement

Oct. 3: 

- before 8 a.m. – Sophie assaulted by Wilhelmine

- shortly after 8 a.m. – Sophie reports late to Höss

- afternoon – attempted seduction of Höss, Sophie pleads for Jan’s freedom but Höss promises that she can see him

- evening – Sophie tries to steal Emmi’s radio, faints

- Oct. 4 – D?rrfeld meets with Höss, Höss tells Sophie he will place Jan in the Lebensborn program, Sophie has opportunity to steal radio but doesn’t, Sophie returns to the barracks – almost 15 more months at Auschwitz

- Winter – Jan gone from the camps, Wanda dies

- June – assaulted in Subway

- Sat. (5/6 days later) – Sophie hears Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major and emotionally recovers

- Mon. – asks Blackstock for help

- 2 weeks pass – Sophie goes to Brooklyn College, faints, is tended to by Nathan, tells Nathan about Auschwitz

- 2/3 weeks pass – Sophie recovered

- Fall – the weekend trip to CT, Nathan tries to kill himself and Sophie, Sophie tells Nathan about Jan

- end of June/ beginning of July – Nathan rescues Sophie at Brooklyn College, Sophie tells Nathan about Auschwitz

- Fall – the weekend trip to CT, Nathan tries to kill himself and Sophie, Sophie tells Nathan about Jan

end of May/ beginning of June – Stingo leaves McGraw-Hill

-June 4 – date of Stingo’s dad’s letter about Artiste

- Fri. – moves into Yetta’s Pink Palace

- Sat. – meets Morris Fink, receives letter from dad about Maria Hunt

- Sat. evening – overhears Nathan and Sophie argue, first time seeing either, sees Sophie’s tattoo and learns she was at Auschwitz

- late Sun. morning – awoken by Nathan and Sophie, golem conversation with Morris Fink, Fink tells Stingo about Nathan beating Sophie

- Sun. afternoon – Coney Island, Bobby Weed conversation

- 2 weeks pass – letter from dad about the house and peanut farm

- Sun. – Coney island, meets Leslie Lapidus at the beach

- Thurs. – sees Sophie without teeth, picnic with Sophie

- Thurs. night – date with Leslie

- Fri. morn – journal entry about Leslie

- 4/5 days pass – sick in bed over Leslie

- gives Nathan pages of story

- July - at Maple Court, Sophie tells Stingo her dad was good, Nathan and Sophie’s big breakup fight, Fink tells Stingo that they both left, Stingo meets his dad

- 3 days pass - Stingo and dad sightsee, Sophie dream

Aug. – finds Sophie at the Pink Palace, at Maple Court Sophie tells him about Höss, Jan and the CT trip

- the next day – Stingo robbed, picnic with Sophie at Jones Beach, Sophie tells Stingo about Jozef and Wanda, Sophie attempts a sexual encounter with Stingo, Stingo saves Sophie from drowning

- that night – Nathan returns

- 2 days pass – Nathan gives Stingo $200

- Sept. – Sat. – plan trip for all three to go South mid-Oct., learns Sophie and Nathan are to be married beginning of Oct.

- 10 days pass (last week in Sept.) – visits Larry, learns about Nathan’s mental illness

- goes to NC for less than 10 days - Mary Alice incident

- Oct. - Thurs. morning – Fink calls and tells Stingo that Sophie needs him

- Thurs.– 5 p.m. – Stingo goes to Blackstock’s, he and Sophie go to the Pink Palace and pack, Nathan calls, they flee

- Fri. morning – train to D.C., check into hotel

- 3 p.m. – hears about Eva

- 10 p.m. – they go the bed, they have sex

- Sat. – discovers that Sophie has returned to NY

- Sat. 1 p.m. – decides to go to NY

- Sat. 3 p.m. – gets on train 

- Sat. evening – arrives and finds Sophie and Nathan dead (36 hours after he and Sophie fled to D.C.)

- the funeral

- early June – Sophie remembers Höss when she sees an article on the Subway

- Sat. evening – argues with Nathan, tells Stingo she was at Auschwitz

- Sun. morn – 7:30/8:00 – goes to Nathan’s room, is beaten, comforts Nathan

- late Sun. morning - wakes Stingo with Nathan

- Sun. afternoon – Coney Island, Bobby Weed conversation, pacifies Nathan

- Sun. – Coney island, makes comment about unearned unhappiness at the beach

- Thurs. – picnic with Stingo

- Fri. - 4/5 days pass – nurse Stingo 

- July - at Maple Court, Sophie tells Stingo her dad was good, Nathan and Sophie’s big breakup fight, Nathan gives money to Sophie at The Pink Palace and they both leave

- Aug. – sees Stingo at the Pink Palace, at Maple Court tells him about Höss, Jan and the CT trip

- the next day – picnic with Stingo at Jones Beach, tells him about Jozef and Wanda, attempts a sexual encounter with Stingo, Sophie tries to drown herself, saved by Stingo

- that night – Nathan returns and they make up

- Sept. – Sat. – plan trip for all three to go South mid-Oct., Nathan announces their plans to be married beginning of Oct.

- Stingo goes to NC for less than 10 days – Morty Harber party

- Oct. - that night/ the next day (Thurs.) – argues with Nathan, has Fink call Stingo

- Thurs. -slightly after 5 p.m. – meets Stingo at Blackstock’s, they go to the Pink Palace and pack, Nathan calls, they flee

- Fri. morning – train to D.C., check into hotel

- 3 p.m. – tells Stingo about Eva

- 10 p.m. – they go the bed, they have sex

- Sat. - 6 a.m. the next morning – leaves Stingo for NY

- encounters Nathan at the Pink Palace, they commit suicide by the afternoon

- Sat. evening – argues with Sophie, insults Stingo

- Sun. morn – 8:00 – finds Sophie in room, beats her, is comforted by her

- late Sun. morning – wakes Stingo with Sophie

- Sun. afternoon – Coney Island, Bobby Weed conversation, pacified by Sophie 

- Sun. – Coney island, introduces Stingo to Leslie Lapidus at the beach

- Fri. - 4/5 days pass – nurse Stingo 

- reads pages of Stingo’s story

- July - at Maple Court, Nathan and Sophie’s big breakup fight, Nathan gives money to Sophie at The Pink Palace and they both leave

- Aug. – returns and makes up with Sophie 

- 2 days pass – Nathan gives Stingo $200

- Sept. – Sat. – plan trip for all three to go South mid-Oct., announces Sophie and his plans to be married beginning of Oct.

- Stingo goes to NC for less than 10 days – Morty Harber party

- Oct. - that night/ the next day (Thurs.) – argues with Sophie

- Thurs. night – calls Stingo and fires the gun

- Sat. - encounters Sophie at the Pink Palace, they commit suicide by the afternoon