-Funny and tender ... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers- ANN PATCHETT
-I love this novel with my entire heart - Wise and heartbreaking- ANN NAPOLITANO
In the small Ohio town of Bonhomie, Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt come together in a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe. Cal-s wife, Becky, has a spiritual gift: she is a seer who can conjure the dead, helping families connect with those whom they-ve lost. Margaret-s husband, Felix, is serving on a Navy cargo ship; she will soon learn that he may have perished in a predawn attack in the Philippine Sea.
But in a small town, nothing stays hidden forever, and the consequences of that encounter will ripple through the next generation of both families, 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 dazzlin
