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Summary of Beartown by Fredrik Backman | Conversation Starters
Beartown by Fredrik Backman | Conversation Starters
Beartown is a town just about to be condemned to insignificance. It’s economy has been stagnant for years and people are slowly leaving for better opportunities outside. It has one more chance to redeem itself though. It’s junior hockey team has made it to the semifinals. Victory for the team means more jobs and economic opportunities for the town. But Kevin, its 17-year-old star player is being blamed for the assault on a 15-year-old girl who happens to be the daughter of the team’s general manager. Victory is at stake, and so is the whole town’s future. Can the town go beyond its mob thinking and sports fanaticism to deal with the crisis?
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Beartown is a town just about to be condemned to insignificance. It’s economy has been stagnant for years and people are slowly leaving for better opportunities outside. It has one more chance to redeem itself though. It’s junior hockey team has made it to the semifinals. Victory for the team means more jobs and economic opportunities for the town. But Kevin, its 17-year-old star player is being blamed for the assault on a 15-year-old girl who happens to be the daughter of the team’s general manager. Victory is at stake, and so is the whole town’s future. Can the town go beyond its mob thinking and sports fanaticism to deal with the crisis?
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to...
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
Disclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource meant to supplement the original book. If you have not yet read the original book, we encourage doing before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.
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Published December 4, 2017
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April 26, 2018
Loved this book and thought it much better than "A Man Called Ove." The story has a lot of characters mostly connected with hockey. Bear Town is a hockey town and the intrigue heightens between people vying for the coaches job, teenage rape, and the courage of people to come forward when it meant betraying a best friend. Kept me engrossed until the end.
July 12, 2018
This novel by the author of “a man called Ove” was a very different story. It takes place in a frozen rural town that loves their hockey team. How this effects the various citizens and youth of the city creates a fascinating tale of personalities and human dynamics.I pretty much couldn’t put this down.
June 21, 2018
The characters found in this little hockey town are not charicatures; they have depth; volume; subtlety. This book is sublime.
September 11, 2021
I Love a good sports book. this gave me all the feels.. and heartache as well.
Shelved as 'did-not-finish'
November 29, 2023Boring, slow. Couldn’t take the slowness anymore.
December 21, 2017
Each of his books shines bright!
August 20, 2018
Same Author as 'Man Called One'. This one is not laugh out loud funny but amusing humor. Centers around a small hockey town and the player, coaches and their families and how winning over rides all else and the effects these choices have on all living in the town. Characters are well developed.
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