Some Bright Nowhere

‘A moving book, realistic about how messy relationships can be around death. I was enraptured by it. A pleasure to read’ 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 ‘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. Trust me: you’ve never read a novel about marriage – about sacrifice and selfishness and soul-mending hope – quite like this one. I loved it’ Tania James, author of Loot ‘A devastating novel that miraculously floats with the light and life it carries. I read it feverishly; I lived and mourned with its characters’ Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists ‘A heartbreaking novel that actually made me happy – happy to have known these characters and watched them work through the puzzle at the heart of the story, and to have lived with them in their world as long as I did. It's a wonderful book’ 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, Packer has written another stirring account of the heart’ Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less ‘A novel so psychologically insightful it feels dangerous, written in prose beautiful enough to get you drunk … A triumph’ Rufi Thorpe, author of Margot’s Got Money Troubles ‘A tender, delicately-layered portrait of a marriage … warm, funny, hopeful … a beautiful read’ Frances Wise, author of The Book Game ‘I couldn’t stop reading this heartbreaking, heart-expanding novel, and I wept at the end … Unforgettable’ J. Courtney Sullivan, author of The Cliffs