The Bright Years, Sarah Damoff
The Bright Years, Sarah Damoff
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The Bright Years

Author: Sarah Damoff

Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano, Joy Osmanski, Lee Osorio

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/22/2025


Synopsis

A National Bestseller

One 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.

“Outstanding...through Damoff’s beautiful, at times almost poetic narrative, we see hope through the darkness, and how love—and forgiveness—can make us whole.” —Elle

Ryan 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.

When 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.

Told from three intimate points of view, The Bright Years 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.

About Sarah Damoff

Sarah Damoff lives with her husband and children in Texas, where she worked for years as a social worker. Her debut novel, The Bright Years, was published in 2025.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Violet on May 02, 2025

This book destroyed me💔 The Bright Years is a debut novel that tells the story of four generations over three parts and the span of six decades. I loved how each part came with a change in narration so we get to see their lives, in that moment, from a different perspective. Coming from someone who li......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 15, 2025

I can’t even see what I’m typing—my tears are pouring like a torrent. I’m crying like a baby with colic, and one thing is for sure: I just finished the BEST DEBUT FICTION of the year. The other thing? My heart is completely shattered. One family. Three perspectives—mother, father, and daughter. Broke......more

Goodreads review by Terrie on April 27, 2025

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY 4/22/25!!! Secrets. Addiction. Trauma... And, the sustaining power of love and forgiveness... The Bright Years begins in 1958 and continues through 2019, sixty-one years and four generations of one Texas family. It is written primarily in the first-person voices of each B......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on January 23, 2025

A mesmerizing book filled with first loves, regrets, hurts hopes, grief and despair. I absolutely loved how the author interwove different years into this book and from different points of view. It wasn’t a lineal path nor was it a “before and after” it was just chapters of different years going bac......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 27, 2025

This is wonderful! Dealing with themes of love, loss, alcoholism, trust.. It is written in three parts by the members of this family.. The mother, Lillian… the daughter, Georgette.. and the father, Ryan. Ryan got his start in life with an alcoholic father and after he is an adult, falls in love, marries......more