![]() ![]() 'Surrounded by impenetrable forests, Beartown recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. This is storytelling at its best: Emotional, vivid, wise and utterly brilliant' HAZEL PRIOR Every one of the characters is real and multi-faceted, having you breathlessly turning the pages, following their fears and hopes, fretting for their futures. Backman writes with incredible sensitivity and insight. 'This is a stunning read that plunges you into another world. So what are the residents of Beartown willing to sacrifice for their home? Someone will submit to hate, someone will fight, and someone will grab a gun and walk towards the ice rink. Someone will fall in love, someone will try to fix their marriage, and someone will do anything to save their children. Someone is coming home after a long time away. ![]() The residents continue to grapple with life’s big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them?Īs the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the horizon. ![]() Everyone has tried to move on, but there’s something about this place that prevents it. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. It's a story about family, community, life. This is a small story about big questions. DecemFredrik Backman A breathtaking new novel from the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove, The Winners returns to the close-knit, resilient community of Beartown for a story about first loves, second chances, and last goodbyes. ‘It’s often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here’ 'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' JOJO MOYES ![]()
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