Beartown: A Novel (Beartown Series)
Now an HBO Original Series "You'll love this engrossing novel." --People Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads, BookBrowse, and Goodreads From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to make it come true. By the lake in Beartown...show more
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In Beartown, boys aspire to make the team and men fear a life after they can no longer play on the team.
After the daughter of the team's manager is sexually assaulted by the star player of the team, some will go to any length to preserve the facade of the team, while others question whether doing the right thing is worth the sacrifice.
I fit this into the 52 book challenge prompt for "A banned book". Themes of rape, teen drinking, homophobia,...read more
TW:SA, mysgony
I thought that this book would be boring but then, the plot twist and then I was hooked! It was so powerful. I'm definitely going to read more Fredrik Backman.
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