Oprah Winfrey Picks Ann Packer’s ‘Some Bright Nowhere’ for Book Club

Reader's guide for Ann Packer's "Some Bright Nowhere," Oprah's book club pick

Here's a reader's guide for Ann Packer's novel "Some Bright Nowhere," which Oprah chose as her November book club pick.

Oprah Winfrey picks Ann Packer's 'Some Bright Nowhere' for book club

Ann Packer's novel “Some Bright Nowhere” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. Published on Tuesday, the book tells the story of a long-married couple facing questions when the wife becomes terminally ill.

Q&A: Ann Packer, Author of 'Some Bright Nowhere'

We chat with author Ann Packer about Some Bright Nowhere, which is an intimate and profoundly moving look at a long marriage and the ways in which a startling request can change a couple’s understanding of who they are, together and apart.  In SOME BRIGHT NOWHERE, a couple—Eliot and Claire—have been married for nearly forty years when Claire, nearing the end of a long battle with cancer, asks Eliot to move out so her two closest female friends c…

Oprah Announces 'Some Bright Nowhere' by Ann Packer as 120th Book Club Pick

“This beautifully written story is going to get you thinking about some things that really matter,” says Oprah of Ann Packer’s highly anticipated sixth book.