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Sarah Damoff

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December 2017

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Sarah Damoff is the author of the debut novel, THE BRIGHT YEARS, published by Simon & Schuster on April 22, 2025. It was a national bestseller; a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist; Southern Literary Review Book of the Year; and it is being translated into eight languages. Her writing has appeared in Oprah Daily, Porter House Review, Ruminate Magazine, and Open Global Rights, among other publications. She holds a degree in Family Studies and a Child Protection Certification from Harvard University. A Texas native, Sarah lives with her husband and children in Dallas, where she has been a social worker. Her second novel, THE BURNING SIDE, is forthcoming in June 2026.

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Average rating: 4.23 · 77,324 ratings · 12,546 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bright Years 4.23 avg rating — 77,192 ratings — published 2025 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burning Side 4.61 avg rating — 121 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gospel Advent Book by Chris Chavez (Goodreads Author), Sarah Damoff (Goodreads Author), Jen Windle (Illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sarah Damoff and 1 other person liked Dwon 's review of The Burning Side: "Thanks to Netgally and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review! This was an amazing story about family, love, loss, betrayal, and forgiveness. I loved hearing from all the different characters'and going back and forth in time to give" Read more of this review »
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Sarah Damoff liked Dani Villarroel's review of The Burning Side: "What a beautiful, all encompassing intertwined masterpiece of what it truly means to live and to be a family. I loved the different point of views and different time lapses so that we are able to dive into multiple characters and truly see from their" Read more of this review »
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Sarah Damoff liked Caroline's review of The Burning Side: "The Burning Side begins with a devastating house fire, leaving wife April running out of their home with one child and husband Leo with the other. Displaced from their home, they move in with April’s parents, Deb and her husband, returning to her chi" Read more of this review »
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Sarah Damoff liked Jill B's review of The Burning Side: "As soon as I saw that Sarah Damoff had a new book coming out, I raced to NetGalley to request the ARC for The Burning Side. I loved The Bright Years, and her next novel did not disappoint. Damoff has such a gift for writing stories that are deeply hea" Read more of this review »
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Sarah Damoff has read Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care by Claudia Rowe (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sarah Damoff made a comment on Allie Young’s review of The Bright Years " Moung. "
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Sarah Damoff is now following Ben Reeves Author of Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt: A Novel
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Sarah Damoff rated a book it was amazing Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness by Hannah Miller King (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Drawing from her own remarkable life experiences, insights, and lessons she's still learning, Hannah Miller King takes us on a humble exploration of the communion table, with all its meaning and mystery. Written with care, honesty, and clarity, this ...more
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Sarah Damoff rated a book it was amazing Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt: A Novel by Ben Reeves (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sarah Damoff rated a book it was amazing A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“People always say not to forget because then history will repeat itself. But maybe history will repeat itself anyway, and forgetting is how we bear it.”
― Sarah Damoff, The Bright Years

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“There are two kinds of grief at a wake: grieving the loss of what was and grieving the loss of what wasn’t.”
― Sarah Damoff, The Bright Years

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“A mother stays even when she's gone, like a muted moon in the daytime sky.”
― Sarah Damoff, The Bright Years

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