For Adults
Bloomsbury are offering 10 book groups 10 copies each of Patrick Ryan’s BUCKEYE, an Amazon Editors Best Book of 2025.
The deadline for applying is 27th November.
‘Poignant, powerful’ Independent
A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025
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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.
