What do you do in the event that you had another chance at life?

Hannah, David, Connie, and Linda have been given the next chance of a lifetime-genetically best bodies as part of a clinically advanced pilot plan seeking FDA authorization. Their new systems are exact reproductions of their aged selves-without the fatal illnesses they suffered from. Better still, their imperfections have been erased. Blemishes, scars, and wrinkles have all vanished, their systems are pristine, their vision is impeccable.

about And Once again: A Novel

Yet the clean start they’ve been provided is anything but perfect. Without their previous bodies, their fresh physical identities have no memories. Hannah, an creative prodigy, must relearn how exactly to keep a brush; David, a Congressman, grapples with his old behaviors; Connie, an actress whose stunning looks are restored after a protracted illness, tries to navigate an industry obsessed with physical beauty; and Linda, who spent eight years paralyzed after a vehicle accident, now challenges to reconnect with a family that appears to have built a new lifestyle without her.

As each tries to re-enter their previous lives and romantic relationships, they are faced with the issue: just how much of who you are rests not only in your thoughts, but in your heart and your body? In the nature of Never Let Me Go and The Age of Miracles, And Again is an exciting debut about identification, second chances, as well as the courage to start life afresh.