Buckeye

One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything

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Beschreibung

<p><b>*A TOP 10<i> THE TIMES</i> BESTSELLER*</b><br><br>'[A] luminous and tender 20th-century saga of wounded souls and small-town secrets' <i><b>GUARDIAN</b></i><br><br>'A thing of wonder' <b>CHRIS WHITAKER</b><br><br>'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. <i>Buckeye </i>is that book, and it soars' <b>TOM HANKS</b><br>__________<br><br><b>THE BIG-HEARTED BESTSELLING PHENOMENON THAT READERS ARE CALLING THEIR BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>But in a small town where nothing stays hidden, how long can the truth stay buried?</b><br>__________<br><br>'A glorious sweep of a novel' <b>ANN PATCHETT</b><br><br>'Written in the key of Dickens . it's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period' <b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i></b><br><br>'A poignant, powerful exploration of small-town America' <i>INDEPENDENT</i>, BOOK OF THE MONTH</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781526689276

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 127 x 33 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury UK