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Beartown
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A hockey town, a big game, and what it costs.
Fredrik Backman's novel is set in a small, struggling town that pins all its hopes on its junior hockey team. When something terrible happens after the big semifinal, the whole community has to choose sides. It's moving and hard-hitting, deals with heavy themes including sexual assault, and became an HBO series. Anyone who has spent winters in a rink will recognize this town.
About this book
- Author
- Fredrik Backman
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Published
- February 6, 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-10
- 150116077X
- ISBN-13
- 978-1501160776
Book description
Now an HBO Original Series
"You'll love this engrossing novel." --People
Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads, BookBrowse, and Goodreads
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to make it come true.
By the lake in Beartown is an old ice rink, and in that ice rink Kevin, Amat, Benji, and the rest of the town's junior ice hockey team are about to compete in the national semi-finals--and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys.
Under that heavy burden, the match becomes the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown.
This is a story about a town and a game, but even more about loyalty, commitment, and the responsibilities of friendship; the people we disappoint even though we love them; and the decisions we make every day that come to define us. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world.
About the author
Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People, The Winners, and My Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Facebook and X @BackmanLand and on Instagram @Backmansk.
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