Claire is dying of cancer and she has asked her husband, Eliot, to leave the house. She wants her closest friends, Holly and Michelle, to care for her during her final days. Naturally Eliot is confused, upset and angry. His thoughts and how he deals with Claire’s rejection is the gist of Some Bright Nowhere.

For anyone who is squeamish about illness and dying, I would not recommend Some Bright Nowhere. Claire’s symptoms as she gets sicker and sicker, are described in detail. For others Ann Packer’s novel is interesting-a good, not great, read.