03262cam a2200577 4500 2765824915 TxAuBib 20260522120000.0 ||||||s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668085035 1668085038 B0FX5TC426 Amazon 64d1c146-515b-46b7-b4cd-33825f2abab6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12451035 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Damoff, Sarah. The Burning Side [Sunflower eLibrary eBook] : A Novel. Simon & Schuster, 2026. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. falling out of love. book club fiction. the bright years. six days in june. heartwarming. signal fires. motherhood. alzheimers. tearjerker. Fatherhood. infidelity. heartfelt. children. marriage. dementia. Divorce. family. couple. Dreams. flames. Aging. Texas. fire. love. HTML:<b>From the author of <i>The Bright Years</i>, 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.</b><br /> When 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.<br /> <br /> As 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.<br /> <br /> A family saga suffused with humor, longing, and heartbreak, <i>The Burning Side</i> 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. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-05-21 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=64d1c146-515b-46b7-b4cd-33825f2abab6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=64d1c146-515b-46b7-b4cd-33825f2abab6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)