{"product_id":"buckeye-the-international-bestseller-it-soars-tom-hanks","title":"Buckeye: The international bestseller: 'It soars' Tom Hanks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e100 Notable Books of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne town. Two families. A secret that changes everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Poignant, powerful' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sentimental' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAY, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the country reconstructs in the post-war boom, a secret grows in Bonhomie - but 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of compassion, humour and charm, \u003ci\u003eBuckeye \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e is that book, and it soars' \u003cb\u003eTOM HANKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny and tender... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers' \u003cb\u003eANN PATCHETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I love this novel with my entire heart ... Wise and heartbreaking' \u003cb\u003eANN NAPOLITANO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 464 pages | Published September 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63867523072349,"sku":"9781526689283","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/buckeye-the-international-bestseller-it-soars-tom-hanks","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}