Some Bright Nowhere, Hardcover/Ann Packer

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK Readers, you will shed tears and talk long into the night about this book ANDREW SEAN GREER A moving book I was enraptured by it PHILIPPA PERRY A heartbreaking novel that actually made me happy MEG WOLITZER Slyly solemn and skillfully surprising NEW YORK TIMES A moving meditation on love's many forms PEOPLE 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 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 AYSEG L SAVAS An exquisite gem of a novel, shot through with luminous prose and profound insight into the human heart TANIA JAMES

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HarperCollins Publishers

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Carte straina/Fiction & related items/Contemporary lifestyle fiction