Ann Packer: "Some Bright Nowhere" | Oprah's Book Club
November 11, 2025
49 min
Full
51 of 82
November 11, 2025
Ann Packer: "Some Bright Nowhere" | Oprah's Book Club
0:00 / 49:06
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
Oprah Episodes Around November 11, 2025
Episode 51 of 82 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
1:15:10Oprah & Comedian Leanne Morgan: It's Never Too Late to Make Your Dreams Come True
49:06This episodeAnn Packer: "Some Bright Nowhere" | Oprah's Book Club
Summary
In this episode of Oprah’s Book Club: Presented by Starbucks, Oprah and Ann Packer discuss Some Bright Nowhere, Ann’s poignant new novel and Oprah’s 120th Book Club selection. This book explores what happens when a wife's dying request shatters everything her husband believed about their 35 years together. Ann’s evocative and beautifully written novel inspired a thought-provoking conversation among readers at a Starbucks coffeehouse in New York City. As our audience discussed the inherent challenges and life-changing insights that come with the privilege and responsibility of caregiving, they were warmed by a Starbucks holiday classic: the Peppermint Mocha.
BUY THE BOOK!
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/some-bright-nowhere-ann-packer
00:00:00 - Welcome Ann Packer, author of ‘Some Bright Nowhere’
00:02:40 - Thando shares her feelings about the main characters
00:04:50 - How Ann created the story
00:06:50 - Ann knew the ending before she started
00:07:38 - Recurring theme in Ann’s books
00:10:35 - Ann takes on hard questions
00:14:50 - How Ann wrote from the male perspective
00:17:07 - Support for male caregivers
00:25:30 - Male and female caregiving differences
00:30:38 - The difficulty of speaking your truth
00:31:54 - The power of a dying wish
00:33:48 - What cancer takes away from people
00:39:29 - What can be learned from loss
00:40:32 - Ann wants to normalize talking about death
00:42:50 - How it feels to hit send on your finished book
SUPPORT THE SHOW
Learn more about Jack’s Caregiver Coalition - a national non-profit that ensures no man should care alone. Jack’s is a center for empowerment, support, and community for men who are caregivers.
https://www.jackscaregiverco.org/
Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social:
TikTok
Listen to the full podcast:
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
#oprahsbookclub
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.