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 __________ 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 - 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 NAPOLITANO
