Buckeye (PB) - C-format

A Waterstones Best Book of September 2025, a Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025. - One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything. 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 - 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. 'I've been yearning for a novel that connects the American generations who dealt with our two Wars. Buckeye is that book, and it soars.' - Tom Hanks. ‘Written in the key of Dickens ... This widescreen yet intimate tapestry is masterfully woven together and Ryan succeeds in conjuring a believable story of love (of all kinds) in a time of tension and conflict ... Recalls the early novels of John Irving.’ - Financial Times.