Buckeye

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan is a luminous novel about returning home and the complicated loyalties that shape a life. Set in a Midwestern town, it follows a protagonist who must reckon with family secrets, fractured friendships, and the consequences of choices made long ago. With compassion, wry humor, and a sharp ear for the rhythms of everyday life, Ryan explores how memory and place can both wound and heal. Buckeye is an intimate, propulsive portrait of identity, loss, and the quiet courage it takes to forgive and begin again.