Book description
A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025
One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything.
'Poignant, powerful' Independent
'Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sentimental' New York Times
'It's not just a great Midwestern novel, it's a great novel, period' Financial Times
'I've been yearning for a novel that…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Buckeye as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is another one where the characters far outshine the plot—there IS a plot here, about a secret that keeps two Ohio families bound together over three generations, but the characters in all their humanity and vulnerability are what kept me reading. You'll fall in love with them (or hate them, in some cases)—and I guarantee the ending of this will make you cry, in a good way.
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