Buckeye
The international bestseller: 'It soars' Tom Hanks
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4.6 • 19 Ratings
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- £1.99
Publisher Description
*A TOP 10 THE TIMES BESTSELLER*
'[A] luminous and tender 20th-century saga of wounded souls and small-town secrets' GUARDIAN
'A glorious sweep of a novel' ANN PATCHETT
'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 la Drang Valley. Buckeye is that book, and it soars' TOM HANKS
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THE BIG-HEARTED BESTSELLING PHENOMENON THAT READERS ARE CALLING THEIR BOOK OF THE YEAR
Cal Jenkins, wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, aspires to live a quiet, honest life in Bonhomie, Ohio. His wife Becky – intuitive, whimsical – senses danger long before she understands its shape. Across town, Margaret Salt carries secrets she's spent a lifetime burying, while her husband Felix tries desperately to be the man the world insists he must be.
Everything changes on V-E Day, when a single, stolen moment binds all four of them together. As wartime gives way to an uneasy peace, the consequences of that day ripple forward, pulling the next generation into its undertow.
But in a small town where nothing stays hidden, how long can the truth stay buried?
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'A thing of wonder' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Written in the key of Dickens … it's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A poignant, powerful exploration of small-town America' INDEPENDENT, BOOK OF THE MONTH
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Two families live in the shadow of betrayals that bind them together in this big, powerful story set in the American Midwest. Cal Jenkins was kept out of World War II by a bad leg. After marrying the first woman he fell for, he finds his love tested when she begins exploring her paranormal abilities. Meanwhile, Margaret Salt is a woman with a lively past who falls for a handsome man whose secret life compounds his PTSD after he returns home from the navy. For a time, Cal and Margaret find comfort in each other’s arms, and their brief affair spawns consequences that echo for decades. Buckeye is a masterful exercise in large-scale storytelling, as Patrick Ryan weaves a massive cast of characters and events into an epic novel that is at once dramatic, thoughtful, witty and brisk. It’s an honest, relatable story about love and loyalty.
Customer Reviews
Buckeye
Superb. Beautiful