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.
