Show Notes
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.
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- Welcome Ann Packer, author of ‘Some Bright Nowhere’
- Thando shares her feelings about the main characters
- How Ann created the story
- Ann knew the ending before she started
- Recurring theme in Ann’s books
- Ann takes on hard questions
- How Ann wrote from the male perspective
- Support for male caregivers
- Male and female caregiving differences
- The difficulty of speaking your truth
- The power of a dying wish
- What cancer takes away from people
- What can be learned from loss
- Ann wants to normalize talking about death
- How it feels to hit send on your finished book
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