{"product_id":"buckeye-patrick-ryan-signed-hardback","title":"Buckeye","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Patrick Ryan \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e464 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned by the author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne town. Two families. A secret that changes everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Poignant, powerful’ Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sentimental’ New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘It’s not just a great Midwestern novel, it’s a great novel, period’ Financial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘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\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Funny and tender ... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers’ ANN PATCHETT \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I love this novel with my entire heart … Wise and heartbreaking’ ANN NAPOLITANO\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMay, 1945.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56859479474557,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781526689283_44bf59f8-df69-428e-9f71-f702d7fa731c.jpg?v=1757324884","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/buckeye-patrick-ryan-signed-hardback","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}