{"product_id":"buckeye-a-read-with-jenna-pick","title":"Buckeye: A Read with Jenna Pick","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePatrick Ryan \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the story collections \n\u003ci\u003eThe Dream Life of Astronauts\u003c\/i\u003e (named one of the Best Books of the Year by the \n\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and longlisted for The Story Prize) and \n\u003ci\u003eSend Me\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the anthology \n\u003ci\u003eTales of Two Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. The former associate editor of \n\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the current editor-in-chief of the literary magazine \n\u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[A] luminous and tender 20th-century saga of wounded souls and small-town secrets.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The combination of unconventional sex lives, sardonic wit and 20th-century American history recalls the early novels of John Irving . . . Ultimately, the triumph of his book is the way it captures the nature of mistakes, both the holes dug and the bridges built.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enhanced with a hazy sentimentality, Ryan's quiet drama conjures moral complexities behind the facade of carefully crafted mid-century lives.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This mesmerizing, tender novel follows two Ohio families from the 1920s through the '60s as they find and lose love and loved ones through what one character aptly calls 'the unraveling of time.'\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Must-Read Books of Fall\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Well-crafted and poignant . . . \n\u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e draws the reader into its time and place and simply beguiles. This chronicle of leaving and loss, loving and forgiving, burns slowly and hopefully until the end.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBuckeye \u003c\/i\u003eis a thing of wonder. It's my book of the year. I couldn't love it more.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chris Whitaker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colors of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"'Involving' and 'unbelievably well-written' are the best ways to describe \n\u003ci\u003e Buckeye. \u003c\/i\u003eIt's the kind of book that reads like the culmination of a writer's career--a magnum opus of depth and care.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Minneapolis \u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e is epic, and it is heartfelt. . . . [It] will surely come to be regarded as one of the best novels of the year.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Anniston Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e offers just about everything I look for in a great story: a vivid setting, historical sweep, rich characters who break your heart even as they make you laugh and all of this in abundance.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Richard Russo, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e and the North Bath trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Heartfelt and at times harrowing, \n\u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e is both an absorbing portrait of an American past and a sympathetic exploration of what continues to sustain us and to plague us.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Alice McDermott, author of \u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 la Drang Valley. \n\u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e is that book, and it soars.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tom Hanks\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Patrick Ryan conjures a vanished America with uncanny skill and writes with deep insight and lyrical intelligence...This is a novel to settle in with, a world unto itself.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tom Perrotta, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deeply compassionate book . . . Patrick Ryan tells a story we very much need right now: how forgiveness might creep up--despite everything--over time, tender and elusive and ever-complex.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Emily Fridlund, author of \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Patrick Ryan has created a world, and characters, that exist inside me now, and as a reader that is my deepest joy. I could not recommend this book more highly.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Ann Napolitano, author of \u003ci\u003eHello Beautiful \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favorite writers. I have a feeling that with this book he's going to be everyone's favorite writer.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with wit and emotion on every page, this is a stirring paean to the joys and sorrows of family.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] tale that comes across as absolutely authentic and deeply satisfying.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestseller; A New York Times Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mesmerizing.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Captivating.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A once-in-a-decade novel . . . I fell in love with these characters.\"--Jenna Bush Hager\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE OHIO BOOK AWARD - LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE AND THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThat, as he saw it now, was his life's work: trying to make right what he'd gotten wrong. Wasn't that a fair measure of a person, what they did with their mistakes?\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the jubilant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, shares a single, life-altering moment with Margaret Salt, a woman determined to outrun her past. Cal is married to Becky, whose spiritual gifts help the living speak to the dead, while Margaret's husband, Felix, is serving at sea, believed to be safe--until a telegram suggests otherwise. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat begins as a fleeting transgression becomes a complex secret that irrevocably binds all four of them in unexpected ways. As their small Ohio town remakes itself in the postwar boom, the Salt and Jenkins families remain in each other's orbit, and the consequences of choices made long ago begin to emerge, reshaping their lives in ways that will forever impact the next generation. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSweeping yet intimate, resplendent with moments of deep emotion and unforgettable characters, \n\u003ci\u003eBuckeye \u003c\/i\u003eis a transportive story of love, loyalty, sacrifice, and forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 4 (EAN 9780593595039, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 31 (EAN 9780593595039, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/28\/2025 (EAN 9780593595039, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2025 (EAN 9780593595039, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/28\/2025 (EAN 9780593595039, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496202895638,"sku":"9780593595039","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593595039.jpg?v=1783057446","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/buckeye-a-read-with-jenna-pick","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}