{"product_id":"beartown-9781405930208","title":"Beartown","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fredrik Backman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with \u003ci\u003eBeartown\u003c\/i\u003e--an instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller--about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople 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 dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeartown\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \"Like \u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e, this is about more than youth sports; it's part coming-of-age novel, part study of moral failure, and finally a chronicle of groupthink in which an unlikely hero steps forward to save more than one person from self-destruction\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082483261591,"sku":"9781405930208","price":455.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781405930208.webp?v=1769200940","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beartown-9781405930208","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}