Buckeye: One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything
Autor Patrick Ryanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 ian 2026
'A thing of wonder' CHRIS WHITAKER
'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 glorious sweep of a novel' ANN PATCHETT
'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
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781526689276
ISBN-10: 1526689278
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 132 x 196 x 42 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1526689278
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 132 x 196 x 42 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
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
This widescreen yet intimate tapestry is masterfully woven together and Ryan succeeds in a conjuring a believable story of love (of all kinds) in a time of tension and conflict ... It's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period
A poignant, powerful exploration of small-town America
[A] luminous and tender 20th-century saga of wounded souls and small-town secrets ... Buckeye is elevated throughout by the precision with which [Ryan] captures the tiny, haunting glories of everyday suburban life ... Ryan's characters are universally nuanced and finely wrought, their gently interpolated inner monologues giving the lie to the pleasant respectability they strive to project
Patrick Ryan's emotionally engaging and psychologically astute novel follows two couple over the course of 30 years . The protagonists deal with the moral complexities of war, grief, parenthood and sexuality, in a beautifully observed and deeply affecting novel
A gentle, humane family saga of quiet competence and occasional grace ... An affectionate portrait
The world Ryan creates is complex and detailed. The people of Bonhomie are filled in with precise, economical details, and the passage of time skilfully handled . The assurance of the debut is astonishing . The quality of his writing is what really sustains the momentum. This is sweeping-family-saga stuff, but the writing is crisp and witty, with a nicely-judged balance of intimacy and distance
Heartfelt and at times harrowing, Buckeye is both an absorbing portrait of an American past and a sympathetic exploration of what continues to sustain us - and to plague us. There are no heroes or villains in Patrick Ryan's wonderful novel, only recognisably human creatures, each one of them drawn with refreshing honesty; each one flawed, noble, confused, passionate, lonely, loving, and, above all, real
A glorious sweep of a novel, full of love and war and the perilous intimacies of small town life. It's funny and tender, realistic and strange. Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers. I have a feeling that with this book he's going to be everyone's favourite writer
I love this novel with my entire heart. Patrick Ryan has created a world, and characters, that exist inside me now, and as a reader that is my deepest joy. Buckeye tells the story of two families across sixty years of American history; the novel is wise and heartbreaking and full of wonderful characters who struggle across decades - as we all do - to live as their whole selves. I could not recommend this book more highly
Tender, funny, forgiving and so cleverly wrought
Offers just about everything I look for in a great story: a vivid setting, historical sweep, rich characters who break your heart even as they make you laugh - and all of this in abundance
A small-town novel of epic proportions, full of unforgettable characters and thorny human dilemmas. Patrick Ryan conjures a vanished America with uncanny skill, and writes with deep insight and lyrical intelligence about war and adultery, the mysteries of sexuality and family life, and the strange paths we have to travel to forgive - or at least begin to understand - the people who've hurt us the most. This is a novel to settle in with, a world unto itself
Patrick Ryan's Buckeye is a deeply compassionate book, expansive in scope, yet trained with extraordinary focus on the secrets that divide and bind us. Ryan brings to life two unexpectedly overlapping families in one small Ohio town, people driven by longing and bruised by loss. In this elegant and quietly bracing novel, Ryan tells a story I very much needed right now: how forgiveness might creep up - despite everything - over time, tender and elusive and ever-complex. I was taken in by this book, utterly transported
Big-hearted, enveloping ... Richly painted, moving and told with compassion
I was swept up in the first few pages of this tender and richly told novel of marriage and family, connection and community ... A novel that has echoes of Paul Murray's The Bee Sting. A monumental achievement
Beautifully written, Buckeye is a reminder how extraordinary "ordinary" people's life are
I would recommend this to someone who wants to rediscover their love of reading ... He's a fantastic storyteller. I shed a tear on the first read and just as many the second time around ... I think people will fall in love with it
This widescreen yet intimate tapestry is masterfully woven together and Ryan succeeds in a conjuring a believable story of love (of all kinds) in a time of tension and conflict ... It's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period
A poignant, powerful exploration of small-town America
[A] luminous and tender 20th-century saga of wounded souls and small-town secrets ... Buckeye is elevated throughout by the precision with which [Ryan] captures the tiny, haunting glories of everyday suburban life ... Ryan's characters are universally nuanced and finely wrought, their gently interpolated inner monologues giving the lie to the pleasant respectability they strive to project
Patrick Ryan's emotionally engaging and psychologically astute novel follows two couple over the course of 30 years . The protagonists deal with the moral complexities of war, grief, parenthood and sexuality, in a beautifully observed and deeply affecting novel
A gentle, humane family saga of quiet competence and occasional grace ... An affectionate portrait
The world Ryan creates is complex and detailed. The people of Bonhomie are filled in with precise, economical details, and the passage of time skilfully handled . The assurance of the debut is astonishing . The quality of his writing is what really sustains the momentum. This is sweeping-family-saga stuff, but the writing is crisp and witty, with a nicely-judged balance of intimacy and distance
Heartfelt and at times harrowing, Buckeye is both an absorbing portrait of an American past and a sympathetic exploration of what continues to sustain us - and to plague us. There are no heroes or villains in Patrick Ryan's wonderful novel, only recognisably human creatures, each one of them drawn with refreshing honesty; each one flawed, noble, confused, passionate, lonely, loving, and, above all, real
A glorious sweep of a novel, full of love and war and the perilous intimacies of small town life. It's funny and tender, realistic and strange. Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers. I have a feeling that with this book he's going to be everyone's favourite writer
I love this novel with my entire heart. Patrick Ryan has created a world, and characters, that exist inside me now, and as a reader that is my deepest joy. Buckeye tells the story of two families across sixty years of American history; the novel is wise and heartbreaking and full of wonderful characters who struggle across decades - as we all do - to live as their whole selves. I could not recommend this book more highly
Tender, funny, forgiving and so cleverly wrought
Offers just about everything I look for in a great story: a vivid setting, historical sweep, rich characters who break your heart even as they make you laugh - and all of this in abundance
A small-town novel of epic proportions, full of unforgettable characters and thorny human dilemmas. Patrick Ryan conjures a vanished America with uncanny skill, and writes with deep insight and lyrical intelligence about war and adultery, the mysteries of sexuality and family life, and the strange paths we have to travel to forgive - or at least begin to understand - the people who've hurt us the most. This is a novel to settle in with, a world unto itself
Patrick Ryan's Buckeye is a deeply compassionate book, expansive in scope, yet trained with extraordinary focus on the secrets that divide and bind us. Ryan brings to life two unexpectedly overlapping families in one small Ohio town, people driven by longing and bruised by loss. In this elegant and quietly bracing novel, Ryan tells a story I very much needed right now: how forgiveness might creep up - despite everything - over time, tender and elusive and ever-complex. I was taken in by this book, utterly transported
Big-hearted, enveloping ... Richly painted, moving and told with compassion
I was swept up in the first few pages of this tender and richly told novel of marriage and family, connection and community ... A novel that has echoes of Paul Murray's The Bee Sting. A monumental achievement
Beautifully written, Buckeye is a reminder how extraordinary "ordinary" people's life are
I would recommend this to someone who wants to rediscover their love of reading ... He's a fantastic storyteller. I shed a tear on the first read and just as many the second time around ... I think people will fall in love with it