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Some Bright Nowhere

A Novel

by Ann Packer ...

AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK"Extraordinary. Books like this are why I love reading. This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel." —Elin Hilderbrand“Profound and moving and real.”—Andrew Sean Greer“Some Bright Nowhere is a novel that draws you in deeply and holds you there. Wonderful.”—Meg WolitzerThe bestselling, beloved author retur... ... Read more

$14.99 USD

AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK"Extraordinary. Books like this are why I love reading. This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel." —Elin Hilderbrand“Profound and moving and real.”—Andrew Sean Greer“Some Bright Nowhere is a novel that draws you in deeply and holds you there. Wonderful.”—Meg WolitzerThe bestselling, beloved author retur...
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The Children's Crusade

A Novel

by Ann Packer ...

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Some Bright Nowhere, a “tour de force family drama” (Elle) that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one family, over the course of five decades.Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon ... Read more

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From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Some Bright Nowhere, a “tour de force family drama” (Elle) that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one family, over the course of five decades.Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon
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The Dive From Clausen's Pier

by Ann Packer ...

Series series Vintage Contemporaries
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • How much do we owe the people we love? Is it a sign of strength or weakness to walk away from someone in need? These questions lie at the heart of Ann Packer’s intimate and emotionally thrilling novel.“Packer knows just how to make a story build: the novel reveals a sure sense of pace and pitch, a brilliant ear for character . . . a searching emotional generosity.” –The New ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • How much do we owe the people we love? Is it a sign of strength or weakness to walk away from someone in need? These questions lie at the heart of Ann Packer’s intimate and emotionally thrilling novel.“Packer knows just how to make a story build: the novel reveals a sure sense of pace and pitch, a brilliant ear for character . . . a searching emotional generosity.” –The New
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Songs Without Words

by Ann Packer ...

Series series Vintage Contemporaries
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER · An "engrossing, forgiving" (People) journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point by one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women.“Packer's voice [has] extraordinary authority. . . . Compassionate, rich in solace.” —The New York Times Book Review**Liz and Sarabeth were girlhood neighbors in the suburbs of Northern California, brought ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER · An "engrossing, forgiving" (People) journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point by one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women.“Packer's voice [has] extraordinary authority. . . . Compassionate, rich in solace.” —The New York Times Book Review**Liz and Sarabeth were girlhood neighbors in the suburbs of Northern California, brought
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Swim Back to Me

by Ann Packer ...

Series series Vintage Contemporaries
From the bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier comes an "exhilarating, searing" (The Washington Post) collection of short stories framed by two unforgettable linked narratives.“With this collection, Ann Packer takes her place among today’s best authors of literary fiction.” —The Minneapolis Star-TribuneA wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier comes an "exhilarating, searing" (The Washington Post) collection of short stories framed by two unforgettable linked narratives.“With this collection, Ann Packer takes her place among today’s best authors of literary fiction.” —The Minneapolis Star-TribuneA wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother
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Babies

by Ann Packer ...

Series series A Vintage Short
A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” SelectionVirginia, a copywriter at an ad agency, looks around her office one day and realizes that everyone—well, nearly everyone—is pregnant. Can she be happy for them?“Babies,” included in the prestigious O. Henry anthology series in 1992, is a sharply funny and perfectly observed story of pregnancy, city living, the semantic contradiction of “creative ... Read more

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A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” SelectionVirginia, a copywriter at an ad agency, looks around her office one day and realizes that everyone—well, nearly everyone—is pregnant. Can she be happy for them?“Babies,” included in the prestigious O. Henry anthology series in 1992, is a sharply funny and perfectly observed story of pregnancy, city living, the semantic contradiction of “creative
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Mendocino and Other Stories

by Ann Packer ...

Series series Vintage Contemporaries
With humor, wisdom and tenderness, Ann Packer offers ten short stories about women and men who discover that life's greatest surprises may be found in that which is most familiar.“Graceful and effortless, yet as controlled and purposeful as a nest-building bird.” —San Francisco ChronicleIn the title story, on the anniversary of their father's suicide a young woman discovers that her brother may ... Read more

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With humor, wisdom and tenderness, Ann Packer offers ten short stories about women and men who discover that life's greatest surprises may be found in that which is most familiar.“Graceful and effortless, yet as controlled and purposeful as a nest-building bird.” —San Francisco ChronicleIn the title story, on the anniversary of their father's suicide a young woman discovers that her brother may
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Crafty Girls' Road Trip

New Zealand's Best Craft Places Plus 10 Craft Projects

by ANN PACKER ...

Brilliant guide to the many places in New Zealand where you can buy everything you need to make your own textile-based crafts. Aimed at those who get warm fuzzies just walking into a wool shop, simply have to stroke the fabric at the quilt store, and long to touch the textiles at museums, this roundup of New Zealand's craftiest places will go down a treat. The book lists treasure troves for ... Read more

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Brilliant guide to the many places in New Zealand where you can buy everything you need to make your own textile-based crafts. Aimed at those who get warm fuzzies just walking into a wool shop, simply have to stroke the fabric at the quilt store, and long to touch the textiles at museums, this roundup of New Zealand's craftiest places will go down a treat. The book lists treasure troves for
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The Dive From Clausen's Pier

by Ann Packer ...

Narrated by Scarlett Johansson ...

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5 hours 8 min

A suspenseful, richly layered first novel that asks: How much do we owe the people we love?THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER will speak to all those who have ever thought about leaving when they knew they should stay, anyone who has ever felt trapped, not only by circumstance, but by the strength of their own love, Carrie Bell has lived in Wisconsin all her life. She's had the same best friend, the ... Read more

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A suspenseful, richly layered first novel that asks: How much do we owe the people we love?THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER will speak to all those who have ever thought about leaving when they knew they should stay, anyone who has ever felt trapped, not only by circumstance, but by the strength of their own love, Carrie Bell has lived in Wisconsin all her life. She's had the same best friend, the
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The Dive From Clausen's Pier

by Ann Packer ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

16 hours 46 min

"The Dive from Clausen's Pier is one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. It does what the best novels so often do, making the largest things visible by its perfect rendering of life on the smaller scale. It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page." --Scott TurowA riveting novel about loyalty and self-knowledge, and the conflict between who we want ... Read more

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"The Dive from Clausen's Pier is one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. It does what the best novels so often do, making the largest things visible by its perfect rendering of life on the smaller scale. It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page." --Scott TurowA riveting novel about loyalty and self-knowledge, and the conflict between who we want
... Read more

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The Children's Crusade

A Novel

by Ann Packer ...

Narrated by Cotter Smith, Frederick Weller, Thomas Sadoski, Marin Ireland, Santino Fontana ...

Unabridged

13 hours 15 min

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Some Bright Nowhere, a “tour de force family drama” (Elle) that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one family, over the course of five decades.Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Some Bright Nowhere, a “tour de force family drama” (Elle) that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one family, over the course of five decades.Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Songs Without Words

by Ann Packer ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

13 hours 57 min

Ann Packer’s debut novel, The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, was a nationwide bestseller that established her as one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women. Now, in her long-awaited second novel, she takes us on a journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point.Liz and Sarabeth were childhood neighbors in the suburbs of northern California, brought as close as ... Read more

$22.50 USD

Also available as: eBook

Ann Packer’s debut novel, The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, was a nationwide bestseller that established her as one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women. Now, in her long-awaited second novel, she takes us on a journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point.Liz and Sarabeth were childhood neighbors in the suburbs of northern California, brought as close as
... Read more

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