Beartown

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 town. And that rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior hockey team is about to compete in the national championships, and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of the town now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. A victory would send star player Kevin onto a brilliant professional future in the NHL. It would mean everything to Amat, a scrawny fifteen-year-old treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice. And it would justify the choice that Peter, the team's general manager, and his wife, Kira, made to return to his hometown and raise their children in this beautiful but isolated place. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a [...]heavy burden, and the semifinal match is the catalyst for a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Hers is a story no one wants to believe since the truth would mean the end of the dream. Accusations are made, and like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. Comments Len : 1343 ES Name : Bjornstad Sorted Author by LN, FN: Backman, Fredrik WordsC : 465 (132,114) Series Last Word : Bjornstad All Identifiers : goodreads:31443394, google:SJGxDgAAQBAJ, isbn:9781501160769 ES Index : 1 Tags Qty : 5 Original Source : own library ES Pub Date : Sep 2016 ISBN : 9781501160769 Goodreads : 31443394 Num of Aut : 1 Filename : EPUB:G:\cal_libs\Calibre_A-F\Fredrik Backman\Beartown (10989)\Beartown - Fredrik Backman.epub Series First Word : Bjornstad Pages : 465 Author Len : 2 Words : 132,114 Formats : EPUB Has Cover : Yes Number of Formats : 1 Single Author : Fredrik Backman Record ID : 10989 Title Length : 008 Before Underscore : Beartown