{"product_id":"buckeye-by-patrick-ryan","title":"Buckeye by Patrick Ryan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON \u003ci\u003eTODAY\u003c\/i\u003e • “A glorious sweep of a novel” (Ann Patchett) that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Captivating.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A once-in-a-decade novel . . . I fell in love with these characters.”—Jenna Bush Hager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR,\u003ci\u003e People, Minnesota Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Chicago Public Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne town. Two families. A secret that changes everything.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her past. Cal’s wife, Becky, has a spiritual gift: She is a seer who can conjure the dead, helping families connect with those they’ve lost. Margaret’s husband, Felix, is serving on a Navy cargo ship, out of harm’s way—until a telegram suggests that the unthinkable might have happened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLater, as the country reconstructs in the postwar boom, a secret grows in Bonhomie—but nothing stays buried forever in a small town. Against the backdrop of some of the most transformative decades in modern America, the consequences of that long-ago encounter ripple through the next generation of both families, compelling them to reexamine who they thought they were and what the future might hold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSweeping yet intimate, rich with piercing observation and the warmth that comes from profound understanding of the human spirit, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures the universal longing for love and for goodness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePatrick Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eBuckeye. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Life of Astronauts\u003c\/i\u003e (named one of the Best Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Times-Dispatch, LitHub, Refinery 29, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature,\u003c\/i\u003e and longlisted for The Story Prize) and \u003ci\u003eSend Me\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories,\u003c\/i\u003e the anthology \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Cities,\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. The former associate editor of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the editor of the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eOne Story \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books On Third","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44472072994894,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/9666\/6446\/files\/image_fe6c6e8e-4052-49f2-ac3a-85b492819a15.jpg?v=1791389620","url":"https:\/\/booksonthird.com\/products\/buckeye-by-patrick-ryan","provider":"Books On Third","version":"1.0","type":"link"}