Buckeye

<p><b><u>THE BIG-HEARTED BESTSELLING PHENOMENON THAT READERS ARE CALLING THEIR BOOK OF THE YEAR</u></b><br><b><br>A <i>New York Times </i></b><b>100 Notable Books of 2025</b><br><b>A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025<br><br></b><b>One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything.</b><br><br>‘Poignant, powerful’ <i><b>Independent</b></i><br>‘Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sentimental’ <i><b>New York Times</b></i><br>‘It’s not just a great Midwestern novel, it’s a great novel, period’<b> <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><b>__________</b><br><br>MAY, 1945. As news of the Allied victory in Europe reaches the small town of Bonhomie, Ohio, a woman named Margaret Salt walks into a hardware store and asks the man behind the counter, Cal Jenkins, for a radio. What happens next will change both of their lives forever.<br><br>While the country reconstructs in the post-war boom, a secret grows in Bonhomie – but nothing can remain hidden in a small town. The consequences of that long-ago encounter will intertwine the fates of two families, rippling through the next generation and 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 dazzling portrait of the human spirit by way of one unforgettable community; the twisted roads we take to achieve forgiveness and redemption; and above all a universal longing for love and connection.<br><b>__________</b><br><br>‘I’ve been yearning for a novel that connects the American generations who dealt with our two Wars – one of Omaha Beach, the other of the Ia Drang Valley. <i>Buckeye</i> is that book, and it soars’ <b>TOM HANKS<br></b><br>‘Funny and tender... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers’ <b>ANN PATCHETT</b><br><br>‘I love this novel with my entire heart … Wise and heartbreaking’ <b>ANN NAPOLITANO</b></p>