''Funny and tender ... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers'' ANN PATCHETT ''I love this novel with my entire heart . Wise and heartbreaking'' ANN NAPOLITANO 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. But in a small town, nothing stays buried 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. Full of compassion, humour and charm, Buckeye is a dazzling portrait of an unforgettable community: of hopes and fears, loves and losses, and above all an indomitable longing for connection.

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THE BIG-HEARTED BESTSELLING PHENOMENON THAT READERS ARE CALLING THEIR BOOK OF THE YEAR
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A New York Times **100 Notable Books of 2025
**A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025

**One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything.

'Poignant, powerful' Independent
'Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sentimental' New York Times
'It's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period' Financial Times
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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.

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.

Full of compassion, humour and charm, Buckeye 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.
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'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. Buckeye is that book, and it soars' **TOM HANKS
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'Funny and tender... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers' ANN PATCHETT

'I love this novel with my entire heart . Wise and heartbreaking' ANN NAPOLITANO