Suddenly widowed at age 59, Kate Harris, the heroine of Once Again, Now, emerges from a dark year of mourning and tries to find her place in the world. Having always been the obedient and dutiful young lady, married to her first boyfriend right out of college, then mother to two, she never had time to just be Kate.

The world has changed so much since 1959—computers seem to run the world, and all the rules for dating have changed. Terrified and lonely, but determined to live again, Kate wonders how she will ever find the strength to overcome her fears. Can she learn to be an independent woman in this bewildering but potentially exhilarating world? Or will forces beyond her control derail her attempts to put her life back together?