Buckeye

<p><b>¿Funny and tender ... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers¿ </b><b>ANN PATCHETT</b><br><br><b>¿I love this novel with my entire heart ¿ Wise and heartbreaking¿ </b><b>ANN NAPOLITANO</b><br><br>In the small Ohio town of Bonhomie, Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt come together in a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe. Cal¿s wife, Becky, has a spiritual gift: she is a seer who can conjure the dead, helping families connect with those whom they¿ve lost. Margaret¿s husband, Felix, is serving on a Navy cargo ship; she will soon learn that he may have perished in a predawn attack in the Philippine Sea.<br><br> But in a small town, nothing stays hidden forever, and the consequences of that encounter will ripple through the next generation of both families, compelling them to re-examine who they thought they were ¿ and what the future might hold.<br><br>Full of compassion, humour and charm, <i>Buckeye</i> is a dazzlin