Overview
- Ann Packer’s Some Bright Nowhere was published Tuesday and selected the same day as Oprah’s latest book club choice, marking Packer’s first novel in about a decade.
- The novel follows a long-married couple after the wife becomes terminally ill and asks two close friends, not her husband, to care for her in her final days.
- Winfrey and Packer recently spoke at a Starbucks in New York City, and their conversation is airing on Winfrey’s YouTube channel and podcast platforms as part of her Starbucks partnership.
- CBS News released a reader’s guide and a free excerpt to frame discussions around illness, caregiving dynamics, gender roles, memory, and setting.
- Packer, best known for The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, learned of the selection via an unexpected phone call and described being overwhelmed by the news.