Some Bright Nowhere

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AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK

‘One of those rare books that once you’ve finished, comes with you for life’ RACHEL JOYCE

‘A moving book … I was enraptured by it’ PHILIPPA PERRY

‘Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book’ ANDREW SEAN GREER

‘A heartbreaking novel that actually made me happy’ MEG WOLITZER

An extraordinarily beautiful and life-affirming new novel from one of America's greatest chroniclers of the human heart, Ann Packer.

Eliot and his wife Claire have been happily married for nearly four decades. They’ve raised two children in their sleepy Connecticut town and have weathered the inevitable ups and downs that come with a long marriage. Now, eight years into Claire’s cancer diagnosis it’s time to gather their loved ones and prepare for what comes next.

Through Claire’s illness, Eliot has willingly and lovingly shifted into the role of caregiver, coming to appreciate the new intimacy this creates. But as he focuses on settling into what will be their last weeks together, Claire makes an unexpected request that leaves him reeling.

Ann Packer makes a triumphant return with this beautifully powerful and life-affirming novel. Some Bright Nowhere explores the profound gifts and costs of truly loving someone, and the unexpected feelings we experience as the end of life draws near.

‘This beautifully written story is going to get you thinking about some things that really matter’ OPRAH WINFREY

‘I read it in awe and haven't stopped thinking about it since’ CLAIRE POWELL

‘A moving meditation on love's many forms’ PEOPLE

‘One of those rare books that leaves you feeling altered somehow, like the light has shifted’ HUMA QURESHI

‘Prose beautiful enough to get you drunk … A triumph’ RUFI THORPE

‘I read it feverishly; I lived and mourned with its characters’ AYŞEGÜL SAVAŞ

‘An exquisite gem of a novel, shot through with luminous prose and profound insight into the human heart’ TANIA JAMES

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‘A moving meditation on love’s many forms and how a marriage can surprise you – right to the end’ People

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‘This beautifully written story is going to get you thinking about some things that really matter’ Oprah Winfrey

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‘One of the most emotionally truthful novels I’ve read in years. Penetrating, humane, funny and wise. One of those rare books that once you’ve finished, comes with you for life’ Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

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‘A moving book, realistic about how messy relationships can be around death. I was enraptured by it. A pleasure to read’ Philippa Perry, author of How To Stay Sane

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‘An extraordinarily powerful novel. Compassionate and absorbing, I read it in awe and haven't stopped thinking about it since’ Claire Powell, author of At the Table

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‘Packer sketches the nuances of [Claire and Eliot's] love with a devastating sharpness, poignantly exploring the challenges of facing death with grace’ Washington Post

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‘One of those rare books that leaves you feeling altered somehow, like the light has shifted; tender, moving, poignant’ Huma Qureshi, author of Playing Games

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‘An exquisite gem of a novel, shot through with luminous prose and profound insight into the human heart … I loved it’ Tania James, author of Loot

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‘I read it feverishly; I lived and mourned with its characters’ Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists

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‘A heartbreaking novel that actually made me happy’ Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion

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‘A searing and profoundly moving portrait of a marriage in extremis’ Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Dog of the North

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‘Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book … Profound and moving and real’ Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less

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‘Written in prose beautiful enough to get you drunk … A triumph’ Rufi Thorpe, author of Margot’s Got Money Troubles

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‘A tender, delicately-layered portrait of a marriage … warm, funny, hopeful’ Frances Wise, author of The Book Game

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