Beartown a novel
A "poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything ... Fredrik Backman knows that we are forever shaped by the places we call home, and ... explores what can happen when we carry the heavy weight of other people's dr...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Swedish |
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New York :
Atria Books,
2017.
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| Edition: | First Atria Books hardcover edition. |
| Series: | Backman, Fredrik, 1981- Beartown series ;
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | A "poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything ... Fredrik Backman knows that we are forever shaped by the places we call home, and ... explores what can happen when we carry the heavy weight of other people's dreams on our shoulders"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 418 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781501160776 150116077X 9781501160769 1501160761 9781501175701 |
| Author Notes: | Carl Fredrik Backman is a Swedish columnist who grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted in 2012 with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also the author of My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in his native Sweden and have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages. His title's, Beartown and Us Against You, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |
