Some Bright Nowhere

Praise for Some Bright Nowhere:

‘Her writing is firmly in Elizabeth Strout territory – in the New England setting of Some Bright Nowhere, and in the compassionate realism of her work overall … Packer conveys that dying well is also about living’ Financial Times

‘As devastating as it is life-affirming’ iPaper

‘Packer explores Claire’s decision with delicate precision … There are no monsters here, just messy, loving humans trying doing the best they can. And it is both all the more beautiful and all the more tragic for that’ Marie-Claire

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

‘One of the most emotionally truthful novels I’ve read in years. Penetrating, humane, funny and wise’ Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

‘Intimate and devastating; I felt winded, while reading, and unable to look away’ Claire Daverley, author of Talking at Night

‘Extraordinary. Books like this are why I love reading. This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel’ Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Perfect Couple

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

‘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

‘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

‘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

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

‘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

Ann Packer is the acclaimed author of two collections of short fiction, Swim Back to Me and Mendocino and Other Stories, and three internationally bestselling novels, The Children’s Crusade, Songs Without Words, and The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, which received the Kate Chopin Literary Award, among many other prizes and honours. Her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and in the O. Henry Prize Stories anthologies. Her novels have been published around the world. She lives in New York and Maine.