Some Bright Nowhere

Praise for Some Bright Nowhere:

‘As devastating as it is life-affirming’ iPaper

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

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

‘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

‘We stay in the mystery of this couple, with its shades and shifts. And in the final pages, with their small, quiet turns, we have the readerly satisfaction of a good ending, that elusive and beckoning goal’ New York Times

‘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

‘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

‘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.