Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday announced her latest book club selection "Some Bright Nowhere" by Ann Packer on "CBS Mornings."

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CLAIRE WANTED THE END of her life to be like the end of Su- san Simmons's. Susan, who'd been living alone for ten years when it became clear she had only a few months left. There was enough money for her to get home care, as much as she might need, but instead her nearest and dearest circled around. Three sisters, her closest childhood friend, two daughters. Some moved in, oth- ers lived close by and spent hours at the house. Susan's final two months were full of female energy, chatter, tears, laughter. Claire remembered Susan on a chaise under a soft blanket, her hand in a bowl of perfumed water one of her girls had brought in, step one of a manicu

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