Now and Again - Softcover

Rogan, Charlotte

 
9780349005812: Now and Again

Synopsis

A gripping novel about what happens when one women stands up for her beliefs

From the author of The Lifeboat and Now and Again


'Dazzling' - The Sunday Times


'All the ingredients of a tense thriller' - Red


For Maggie Rayburn, wife, mother and secretary at a munitions plant, life is pleasant, predictable and secure. When she finds proof of a high-level cover-up on her boss's desk, she impulsively takes it, turning her world upside down.

Propelled by a desire to do good - and a new-found taste for excitement - Maggie starts to see injustice everywhere. Soon, her bottom drawer is filled with 'evidence', her town has turned against her, and she must decide how far she will go for the truth.

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About the Author

Charlotte Rogan studied architecture at Princeton University and worked for a large construction firm before turning to fiction. She is the author of The Lifeboat, which was nominated for the Guardian first 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.

From the Back Cover

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 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.

'All the ingredients of a tense thriller with a domestic slant that got my heart involved' Sarra Manning, Red

'Dazzling layering of different people and different stories . . . This is a novel of the American dream, and of how that dream is shattered and betrayed' Sunday Times

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Now and Again
Charlotte Rogan

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