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    "description": "\u2018I\u2019ve been yearning for a novel that connects the American generations who dealt with our two Wars \u2013 one of Omaha Beach, the other of the Ia Drang Valley. Buckeye is that book, and it soars\u2019 TOM HANKS\n\n\u2018Funny and tender ... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers\u2019 ANN PATCHETT\n\n\u2018I love this novel with my entire heart \u2026 Wise and heartbreaking\u2019 ANN NAPOLITANO\n\nMay, 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.\n\nWhile the country reconstructs in the post-war boom, a secret grows in Bonhomie \u2013 and 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.\n\nFull of compassion, humour and charm, Buckeye is 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.",
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