{"product_id":"9781526689276","title":"Buckeye : One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Patrick Ryan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 September 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 480 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 132 | 331g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[A] luminous and tender 20th-century saga of wounded souls and small-town secrets' GUARDIAN‘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 HANKSTHE BIG-HEARTED BESTSELLING PHENOMENON THAT READERS ARE CALLING THEIR BOOK OF THE YEARCal 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in a small town where nothing stays hidden, how long can the truth stay buried?'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49516198134019,"sku":"9781526689276","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781526689276.jpg?v=1787663769","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781526689276","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}