Beartown

Author:
Backman, Fredrik, 1981
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1. Beartown: a novel

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Author:
Backman, Fredrik, 1981-
Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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Description:
"Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly...

2. Us against you: a novel

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Author:
Backman, Fredrik, 1981-
Series Volume:
2.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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"Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair ... It's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring town of Hed, take in that fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising...

3. The winners: a novel

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Author:
Backman, Fredrik, 1981-
Series Volume:
3.
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4.1 stars
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Description:
"The long-awaited conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling and "engrossing" (People) Beartown series--which inspired an HBO series of the same name--follows the small hockey town's residents as they grapple with change, pain, hope, and redemption."--