{"title":"Sarah Damoff","description":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Damoff’s novels explore the complexities of human relationships with a delicate touch and keen emotional insight. Her stories often intertwine past and present, blending moments of quiet reflection with the urgent pulse of family dynamics and personal discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly drawn characters and evocative settings that linger long after the last page. Damoff’s work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Bright Years\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Side\u003c\/em\u003e, invites contemplation on love, loss, and the enduring ties that shape us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-bright-years-by-sarah-damoff-9781668061459","title":"The Bright Years","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA National Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but they’re unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this family saga perfect for readers of Mary Beth Keane and Claire Lombardo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRyan and Lillian Bright are deeply in love, recently married, and now parents to a baby girl, Georgette. But Lillian has a son she hasn’t told Ryan about, and Ryan has an alcohol addiction he hasn’t told Lillian about, so Georgette comes of age watching their marriage rise and fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a shocking blow scatters their fragile trio, Georgette tries to distance herself from reminders of her parents. Years later, Lillian’s son comes searching for his birth family, so Georgette must return to her roots, unearth her family’s history, and decide whether she can open up to love for them—or herself—while there’s still time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold from three intimate points of view, \u003cem\u003eThe Bright Years\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender, true-to-life debut that explores the impact of each generation in a family torn apart by tragedy but, over time, restored by the power of grace and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47548162048236,"sku":"9781668061459","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781668061459.webp?v=1776726825"},{"product_id":"the-burning-side-by-sarah-damoff-9781668085011","title":"The Burning Side","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Years\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They retreat to April’s childhood home in Dallas, where her spirited parents and siblings provide both comfort and complication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the family reckons with the aftermath—grief, guilt, logistics, and memories scorched and intact—the fire exposes the cracks already forming in April and Leo’s marriage. The novel unfolds in alternating perspectives: from April, who feels the crushing weight of motherhood, marriage, and self-blame; from Leo, a high school history teacher shaped by a lonely, fractured childhood; from Deb, April’s generous and no-nonsense mother who has to contend with her husband’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis; and from flashbacks that trace April and Leo’s relationship from its earliest days of connection to the devastating decisions that led them here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA family saga suffused with humour, longing, and heartbreak, \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Side\u003c\/i\u003e is about what we inherit and what we choose, about forgiveness and the ache of being known. It is, above all, about the meaning of home and the costs of long love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47594410508524,"sku":"9781668085011","price":69.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781668085011-the-burning-side.jpg?v=1777861931"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sarah-damoff.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}