"You'll love this engrossing novel." --People
From the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious
People, Fredrik Backman captivates readers with a dazzling, profound
novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to
make it come true.
People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the
forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever-encroaching trees. But
down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the
working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason
people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their
junior ice hockey team is 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.
Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and
the semi-final match is 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, leaving no
resident unaffected.
Beartown explores the hopes that bring a small community together, the
secrets that tear it apart, and the courage it takes for an individual
to go against the grain. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik
Backman has found the entire world.
