Now and Again [Paperback]

A provocative novel about the fallout from a search for truth by the author of the national bestsellerThe Lifeboat.

For Maggie Rayburn--wife, mother, and longtime secretary at a munitions plant--life is pleasant, predictable, and, she assumes, secure. When she finds proof of a high-level cover-up on her boss's desk, she impulsively takes it, an act that turns her world, and her worldview, upside down. Propelled by a desire to do good--and also by a newfound taste for excitement--Maggie starts to see injustice everywhere. Soon, her bottom drawer is filled with what she calls evidence, her small town has turned against her, and she must decide how far she will go for the truth. NOW AND AGAIN is a blazingly original novel about the interconnectedness of lives, the limits of knowledge, and the consequences of doing the right thing.

Charlotte Rogan studied architecture at Princeton University and worked for a large construction firm before turning to fiction. She is the author ofThe Lifeboat, which was nominated for theGuardianFirst Book Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and which has been translated into twenty-six languages. After many years in Dallas and a year in Johannesburg, she now lives in Westport, Connecticut.
PRAISE FOR NOW AND AGAIN:

With consummate command of narrative, Charlotte Rogan nimbly brings together whistleblowers and soldiers in a damning--and page-turning--critique of America's military-industrial complex and its massive amount of collateral damage. It's the novel we deserve for the war we didn't.
Teddy Wayne,author ofThe Love Song of Jonny ValentineandKapitoil Now and Againis breathtaking in its scope and insight. With wit, humanity, and extraordinary clarity of vision, Rogan has found the uniting thread that weaves together contemporary American life. This is America from the ground up, full lS'