'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 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. 'One of those rare books that leaves you feeling altered somehow, like the light has shifted' HUMA QURESHI 'An exquisite gem of a novel, shot through with luminous prose and profound insight into the human heart' TANIA JAMES 'Prose beautiful enough to get you drunk ... A triumph' RUFI THORPE 'I read it feverishly; I lived and mourned with its characters' AYSEGUEL SAVAS