# @oprah on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=eY_jIYBVBk4
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-11T10:01:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) — https://gondola.cc/Oprah

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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/

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