Buckeye : The international bestseller: 'It soars' Tom Hanks

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A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything. `Poignant, powerful' Independent`Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sen timental' New York Times`It's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period' Financial Times`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`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 NAPOLITANOMay, 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 - and 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. Show more