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Jeff Winston

Jeff Winston is an average man with an unhappy marriage and an unsuccessful career when he is thrown into an extraordinary situation. Jeff is transported back in time into his own body twenty-five years previously. Jeff has the opportunity to live his life over and over to gain what wisdom and insight he can. Jeff struggles with unanswered questions about his situation, the nature of life, and how to find meaning. He only finds happiness when he looks inward and concentrates on finding peace and joy in himself.

Jeff gains material possessions, has several life-long relationships, and fathers a child, but all the things he gains are eventually lost in the end. At first, he becomes depressed with the meaninglessness of his existence, and he loses himself in drugs and sex. However, Jeff realizes that the lifestyle he's fallen into is bad for his own happiness, and instead, he focuses...
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