Publication Date: April 2025
Blurb:
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 novel 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.
What To Expect:
The Bright Years is a tender contemporary fiction novel for adult audiences that follows a family over six decades in three parts with three different points of view. This family saga displays the complexity of love, addiction, compassion, and grace.
Content Warnings:
Language: Mild
Sexual Content: Closed Door – Two fade to black scenes
Violence: Alcoholic characters become violent when drinking
Substance Use: Alcoholic characters
Prejudices: None
Religious Themes: While faith is not a main element, two occurrences of praying to God and then one reference of thanking the “gods”
Other Topics: Parental abandonment, miscarriage, adoption, and death
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