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The Resource Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith

Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith

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"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. 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 mean everything to Amat, a short, scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice; to Kevin, a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL; and to Peter, their dedicated general manager whose own professional hockey career ended in tragedy. At first, it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager's daughter--and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear. Fredrik Backman knows that we are forever shaped by the places we call home, and in this emotionally powerful, sweetly insightful story, he explores what can happen when we carry the heavy weight of other people's dreams on our shoulders"--
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  • eng
  • swe
  • eng
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1 volume.
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9781501160769
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Beartown : a novel
Title
Beartown
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith
Title variation
  • Bear town
  • Scandal
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Author
Translator
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Language
  • eng
  • swe
  • eng
Summary
"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. 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 mean everything to Amat, a short, scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice; to Kevin, a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL; and to Peter, their dedicated general manager whose own professional hockey career ended in tragedy. At first, it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager's daughter--and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear. Fredrik Backman knows that we are forever shaped by the places we call home, and in this emotionally powerful, sweetly insightful story, he explores what can happen when we carry the heavy weight of other people's dreams on our shoulders"--
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In the tiny forest community of Beartown, the possibility that the amateur hockey team might win a junior championship, bringing the hope of revitalization to the fading town, is shattered by the aftermath of a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized
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  • Loan Stars Favourites, 2017
  • LibraryReads Favorites, 2017
  • School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2017
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10556841
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1981-
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Backman, Fredrik
Dewey number
839.73/8
Index
no index present
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
840
Literary form
fiction
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Smith, Neil
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True
Series statement
Beartown
Series volume
0001
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  • Hockey stories
  • Scandals
  • Sweden
  • FICTION
  • FICTION
  • FICTION
  • Hockey stories
  • Scandals
  • Sweden
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adult
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Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith
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ocn956959304
Extent
1 volume.
Isbn
9781501160769
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2017000377
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rdamedia
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(OCoLC)956959304
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Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith
Publication
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volume
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nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
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rdacontent
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ocn956959304
Extent
1 volume.
Isbn
9781501160769
Lccn
2017000377
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
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(OCoLC)956959304

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