Dual Identities

Several characters in the novel demonstrate how an individual can have dual identities. One identity is inherent and permanently exists. A second often fluctuates because it is contrived and based on lies.

As the novel opens, Jen Brotherhood watches from her window as her 18-year-old son Todd stabs a man named Joseph Jones. Jen's core identity is of a mother and a lawyer, and she is ready to use both to save her son by finding out what drove him to this act. Instead, she discovers that she is moving back in time. Once Jen embraces the fact that her time loop is real, she becomes determined to find the moment their lives went wrong. Jen is expecting to discover something in the recent past drove Todd to this act, which Jen considers completely out of character for him. Instead, she learns that her husband...